White are now 50 percent of LA Population of 2009 (Los Angeles: residential, mayor)

[Bestie T]

2006-2008 2005-2009
White 49.5 50.3
Hispanic 48.4 48.5
Do ya think LA might in up having a white mayor if this white population keep on increasing.

[West of Encino]

That's quite threatening and I do reckon that there will be a white mayor and the city will be back the way it was in the pre-1970s again.

Los Angeles reached its diversity in 2000 when there was no racial majority. Whites were 46.9% of the population, with 1.7 million of them. Now they're 1.9 million. On the other hand, we got Hispanics claiming to be white. I guess there's been a great migration of White Hispanics from Latin America to the USA.

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by Bestie T

Do ya think LA might in up having a white mayor if this white population keep on increasing.

I don't care one way or the other.

[esmith143]

Originally Posted by Bestie T

2006-2008 2005-2009
White 49.5 50.3
Hispanic 48.4 48.5
Do ya think LA might in up having a white mayor if this white population keep on increasing.

You are misreading the numbers. In this context, the word "white" is almost meaningless. What you want is "non-hispanic white".

In 2000, the city of Los Angeles was 46.5% hispanic, 29.7% non-hispanic white. In 2009 it was 48.6% hispanic, 28.9% non-hispanic white. If anything, the trend is towards fewer, not more whites.

[uptown_urbanist]

Do you literally mean mayor, as in the elected official? Many people don't vote for their politicians based on their race, so I don't think a slight percentage change plus or minus of white people or non-hispanic whites or whatever is going to make much of a difference.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by uptown_urbanist

Many people don't vote for their politicians based on their race

That's going to shock the hell out of the the 5% of the African American voters who voted for McCain.

Exit Polls - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times

African American
95% Obama
5% McCain

White
43% Obama
55% McCain

[Voyageur]

Originally Posted by Charles

That's going to shock the hell out of the the 5% of the African American voters who voted for McCain.

Exit Polls - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times

African American
95% Obama
5% McCain

White
43% Obama
55% McCain

Correlation does not necessarily equal causation.

African-Americans vote overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates, regardless of race.

African-American vote, 2004 Presidential election:
John Kerry (D) - 88%
George W. Bush (R) - 11%
CNN.com Election 2004

African-American vote, 2006 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election:
Ed Rendell (D) - 87%
Lynn Swann (R) - 13% (yes, that Lynn Swann)
CNN.com - Elections 2006

[Gurbie]

Originally Posted by Charles

That's going to shock the hell out of the the 5% of the African American voters who voted for McCain.

Exit Polls - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times

African American
95% Obama
5% McCain

White
43% Obama
55% McCain

That doesn't necessarily mean blacks voted for Obama BECAUSE he's black. It had more to do with his (perceived) liberal politics- he was the Democratic candidate, and black Americans tend to be overwhelmingly Democrats.

If the GOP had somehow nominated a Conservative black candidate, he or she probably would not have attracted that kind of support from the black electorate.

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

LA has a white mayor now.

[Mike121]

Lately a couple of people have done cool race maps based on census data, like this one:

Race and ethnicity: Los Angeles | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/4981441877/in/set-72157624812674967/ - broken link)

The New York Times did one, too.

http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer