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re: Jeff Landry to Call Special Session for Redistricting
Posted on 11/11/23 at 5:49 am to tenderfoot tigah
Posted on 11/11/23 at 5:49 am to tenderfoot tigah
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Creating a district based on race sounds illegal. Race should not be a determining factor in anything.
That’s what the judge’s ruling means. The judge is saying, correctly, that Republicans drew maps with race in mind to stick as many black voters as possible in some districts so that they can elect fewer Democrats. And that’s exactly what happened.
That, and the opposite of that, are what Republicans and Democrats have been doing for years.
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Posted on 11/11/23 at 7:40 am to Penrod
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The judge is saying, correctly, that Republicans drew maps with race in mind to stick as many black voters as possible in some districts so that they can elect fewer Democrats.
The issue is it's not that simple.
Black voter participation is lower than white voter participation, so you have to create some REALLY black districts to ensure not only Democrat winners, but black Democrat winners.
I honestly do not know how they're going to draw these maps, given the above. They may have to try to stretch one out along i110 from BR to Lafayette and have a BR/LAF one and a Nola one. That or maybe an L from Lafayette to LC up to Shreveport.
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