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why do the Democrats want to redistrict? is it because they're losing? some other reason?
1/7 districts (14%) were majority black, but the population is 27% black. The argument was that the black voters were unfairly concentrated into one district and diluted into the other 6 so as to limit their effective representation in the government.
who forced them to live in that district? couldnt they just move? presumably they'd move somewhere else, not stay in Alabama
Why should they move?it's their homes, their lives. Should we just make a state for black people? Or instead represent the people fairly. If you look at the maps it's pretty obvious they cut the districts to give black people less representation
If you suddenly got notified that the place you live has been redistricted to put you in a district which reduces your voting power, would you be ok with your "solution" of uprooting your entire life, changing jobs, finding a new place to stay, and re-registering to vote? Or would you maybe pursue a less completely-insane solution to the problem?
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asking questions is trolling now? I guess I can see why Socrates was poisoned to death
The districts were drawn specifically this way. If the black population of the state somehow magically moved, they would just redraw the lines again in their favor.
It certainly can be.
Couldn't you just move to Florida and live with DuhSantis?
They can learn all about how great slavery was for black people, I bet they don't even know.
Because the point of having elections is to represent the people who live in a place, not changing the demographics of a place to reflect the government a political party wants.
Why wouldn't you want to redistrict when it's been gamed for minority rule?
Why do Republicans want to disobey a court order? Is it because they are lawbreakers?
Do sea lions like fish?
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