Estimates Percentages of Voting-AgeAfrican Americans Registered in1960 and 1970 in the South
State 1960 1970
Alabama 13.7 66.0
Arkansas 38.0 82.3
Florida 39.4 55.3
Georgia 29.3 57.2
Lousisiana 31.1 57.4
Mississippi 5.2 71.0
North Carolina 39.1 51.3
South Carolina 13.7 56.1
Tennessee 59.1 71.6
Texas 35.5 72.6
Virginia 23.1 57.0
Average of
Southern States 29.1 62.0

The table shows the change in the estimatedpercentages of African Americans registered tovote as a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.What wasmost likelythe long-term impact of thetrend in the table?
A. African Americans became the largest votingbloc in the South.
B. The number of African Americans joining the Democratic Party decreased in the South.
C. The number of African Americans holding public oce increased in the South.
D. African Americans shifted their interest away from national politics to state politics in the South.