New congressional maps are completed in more than half the country…[A]dvocates for voting rights…[have shown] how map drawers have manipulated the lines mostly at the expense of minorities.
There are more majority-White districts in approved maps despite White population stagnation in those states…
[S]aid Adam Podowitz-Thomas, senior legal strategist at the Princeton Gerrymandering Project….”The bigger story that we are noting is the aggressive approach to the redistricting of racial minorities, where populations that historically resided in districts that provided an opportunity to elect candidates of their choice are losing their say…
[D]espite driving a disproportionate amount of population growth in many states, minority populations are not seeing their representational opportunities increase in tandem.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/25/redistricting-black-latino-voters/
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