US southern states rush to redraw electoral maps to dilute Black voting power
Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court ruling
US southern states are rushing to redraw congressional maps to eliminate Democratic districts and dilute the influence of Black voters in electing candidates, a bare-knuckled blitz occurring even in some states where voting in congressional primaries has begun, and prompted by the US supreme court’s decision gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Tennessee Republicans have already enacted a new map, carving up the majority Black city of Memphis into three different congressional districts to get rid of the state’s lone Democrat in Congress. Louisiana, the state at the center of the supreme court’s Voting Rights Act decision, is on the brink of implementing a new map that would eliminate the seat of one of the state’s two Black Democrats in Congress. Alabama has successfully petitioned the US supreme court to allow it to eliminate a district currently represented by a Black Democrat. Instead, it will use a map this cycle that a court previously ruled was intentionally drawn to discriminate against Black voters.
What stands out is louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court. That is the part worth paying attention to.
The detail about tennessee Republicans have already enacted a new map, carving up the majority Black city of Memphis into three different congressional districts to get rid of the state’s lone Democrat in Congress is something people should sit with.
Think about it: louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court. That speaks volumes.
In other words louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court. Curious to see how this develops.
On one hand louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court. But at the same time tennessee Republicans have already enacted a new map, carving up the majority Black city of Memphis into three different congressional districts to get rid of the state’s lone Democrat in Congress.
When you look at tennessee Republicans have already enacted a new map, carving up the majority Black city of Memphis into three different congressional districts to get rid of the state’s lone Democrat in Congress, the implications are hard to ignore.
Still waiting to hear what Tennessee Republicans actually plans to do about it.
Black Democrat has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
Still waiting to hear what Black Democrat actually plans to do about it.
Black Democrats has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
The bigger issue here is louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court. That changes the calculation.
Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court. Meanwhile tennessee Republicans have already enacted a new map, carving up the majority Black city of Memphis into three different congressional districts to get rid of the state’s lone Democrat in Congress.