ICaputo Igqala leNdibano u-Ralph Caputo ucaphula unyulo luka-Mongameli xa ebuzwa yi-PolitickerNJ ebonakala kwimemori yakhe.
Inzalelwane yaseNewark ifundise kwisikolo iQuitman Street School kwiCentral Ward phaya ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1960 kwaye iyakhumbula ibona uJohn F. Kennedy ekhankasela eBrick City ngo-1960. WayenguMnu Charisma, utshilo uCaputo. Akukho namnye owakhe wazikhathaza ngokuzama ukuqonda ukuba ubemele ntoni.
Umbutho wendibano uthe uyayikhumbula indawo yokuvota yesithili esikwindawo ephezulu kakhulu kunesiqhelo kunyulo jikelele kulo nyaka ngenxa yobukho bukaKennedy. Ngokuyintloko ngamandla e-Essex, i-16 yeevoti zonyulo zaseNew Jersey zaya kuKennedy, owoyisa uRichard Nixon.
Umntu wendibano wathi u-2008 ugqamile, unyaka u-Hillary Clinton woyisa u-Barack Obama kwi-New Jersey Democratic Primary (i-613,500 ukuya kwi-501,372 iivoti), kodwa waphulukana no-Obama, owayezokoyisa uSenator John McCain kunyulo jikelele.
U-Essex naye uvelise amanani e-monster ka-Obama ngalo nyaka. Ngaphandle kokungabikho komgca e-Essex, u-Obama uphumelele iivoti eziphambili ezingama-74,570 kuma-Clinton angama-56,000 kwidolophu enkulu esemantla. Kukhetho jikelele, u-Obama wabhala iivoti ezingama-240,306 e-Essex ukuya kuma-74,063 kumgqatswa weRiphabhlikhi uJohn McCain. ENewark, abantu abangama-77,112 bavotele u-Obama kunyulo jikelele.
Leyo iyabonakala kwakhona kuba abantu baphuma baya kuvota abangazange bavote ngaphambili, utshilo uCaputo. Sabona ukubakho okungazange kwabonwa ngaphambili ngaloo nyaka.
