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Re: Gerrymandering
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 1:08 pm
by Ken
Josh wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:58 pm
The consent decrees southern states agreed to (as part of the federal government suing them under the VRA) required creating and maintaining majority black districts, often at a microcosm level - so for example a small city might have to create multiple wards and have majority black wards, instead of councilmen chosen via at large voting.
That has nothing to do with gerrymandering.
Re: Gerrymandering
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:51 pm
by Josh
Ken wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 1:08 pm
Josh wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:58 pm
The consent decrees southern states agreed to (as part of the federal government suing them under the VRA) required creating and maintaining majority black districts, often at a microcosm level - so for example a small city might have to create multiple wards and have majority black wards, instead of councilmen chosen via at large voting.
That has nothing to do with gerrymandering.
Yes it does, because the end result is... gerrymandered districts. And, ironically, a lot of safe Republican seats in states like Mississippi (that used to be safe Democratic seats back when white people in MS voted for Democrats).