AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoSupreme Court will weigh in on new mostly Black Louisiana congressional district, after electionapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkSupreme Court will weigh in on new mostly Black Louisiana congressional district, after electionapnews.comAmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareConcave1142@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·12 hours agoHey cool, while you’re at it, look at the predominantly white districts too!
minus-squareMinorLaceration@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoPredominantly black would indicate whoever drew the districts was trying to suppress the pull of the black population, no?
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoCorrect, they draw crazy maps that try to put as many minorities as possible in as few districts as possible so their votes while concentrated and maybe get a seat or two, prevent getting many more seats that their votes and locations would warrant.
Hey cool, while you’re at it, look at the predominantly white districts too!
Predominantly black would indicate whoever drew the districts was trying to suppress the pull of the black population, no?
Correct, they draw crazy maps that try to put as many minorities as possible in as few districts as possible so their votes while concentrated and maybe get a seat or two, prevent getting many more seats that their votes and locations would warrant.