re: Louisiana congressional map creating new majority-Black district ruled unconstitutional

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Even then, it’s really not an issue to draw coherent maps. In fact it’s very easy. They just choose not to.

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There's certainly "better" map options out there, but the reality is they are still not going to be terribly concise, becuase the black population is too spread out.

I mean, the current LA-2 is not exactly a concise district in any way.

Having a minority district around NOLA and one around BR is going to result in both districts barely passing over the minority threshhold.

So yes, we can do better, but this is always going to be an issue. We can't have tight districts AND minority districts based on the current resident patterns of this state.