[molson]

And I wonder how many of the rural Maine blacks are resettled refugees that probably aren't mingling too much with the locals, who might not even know they're there. I have no idea what the numbers are in different states. but Idaho has a pretty large resettled refugee population relative to the state population, and under that program you can gain citizenship (and the right to vote) in 5 years. There's a fair amount of African refugees here, but most of them don't tend to stray far from one particular neighborhood.