It will be interesting to hear CaribJ's take on this.
This was shown in the shift of the PPP/C vote to the AFC which saw them coming up with an extra seat in Region 6. For those pundits who seem to believe that regional voters only give blind allegiance to the PPP/C need to erase that thought from their minds. Contrary to popular belief, persons in the region vote genuinely on the side of issues and not by race. Some might readily argue that this shift was due to the presence of Nagamootoo and Ramjattan (both Indians) on the AFC card, far from it, they brought nothing to the table rather it was due to a cadre of disaffected members of the electorate who became irate at the way Berbicians are treated and finally decided to cast their ballot on the side of the AFC to punish the PPP/C for neglect or for its failure to address the many pressing issues confronting the region.
It was Jagdeo's mistaken belief that he could have bought those people in Region 4 with his entreaties but look at the reponse they gave him 84,828 votes for PNC/APNU as against PPP/C's 60,851 a whopping 13,977 difference in votes. Comparing the 2006 election the opposition PNC was only able to edge past the incumbent PPP/C by some 4,000 votes, what caused the giant leap in the 2011 numbers is testament to the fact that racial voting is alive and well in the Black camp and not in the Indian. Although an olive branch has been thrown out by Jagdeo towards Blacks they still voted solidly for "their boy" Granger.