Federal court keeps North Carolina's new GOP state Senate gerrymander in use for 2024. GOP's Senate districts 1 & 2 (left) are heavily white & easily went for Trump. Voting Rights Act plaintiffs' map (right) would make one district heavily Black, 57-43 Biden, & far more compact
Federal court keeps North Carolina's new GOP state Senate gerrymander in use for 2024. GOP's Senate districts 1 & 2 (left) are heavily white & easily went for Trump. Voting Rights Act plaintiffs' map (right) would make one district heavily Black, 57-43 Biden, & far more compact https://t.co/5pNzzhiJjZ
The North Carolina GOP's gerrymander is a blatant Voting Rights Act violation, but they've absurdly claimed the VRA no longer applies in NC because voting isn't racially polarized enough. The data says otherwise x.com/politicswolf/s…
The North Carolina GOP's gerrymander is a blatant Voting Rights Act violation, but they've absurdly claimed the VRA no longer applies in NC because voting isn't racially polarized enough. The data says otherwise x.com/politicswolf/s…
@PoliticsWolf I feel like the SCOTUS decision in the last NC racial gerrymandering case has hopelessly muddied the waters for this issue. Everyone thinks the VRA means majority-minority districts if there’s racially polarized voting. Not what it means…