But she worries that white support for his goals is being damaged by continuing political damage.

To win, he will need overwhelming white support.

Thanks to rules changes and his shrewd reach for white support, he is assured of a major role in his party.

He has also lost much of the white financial support that helped propel him.

He had earlier won considerable white support in states as unlikely as Alaska.

In later years, the mayor repeatedly won re-election with overwhelming white support and enough black votes.

Others say white support would have been automatic if the old Tammany machine had survived.

The referendum confirmed white support for the negotiation process, despite continued opposition from the far right.

He was in Washington, taking the obvious and easy political road, going after white suburban support at black inner-city expense.

As much black support as Martin had, he also got a lot of white support.