Wednesday, May 10, 2023

The Art of the Texas Gerrymander: U.S. House District 30

 
Cracking Dallas Again
 
Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) won a 1st term in Congress with nearly 74.7% of the vote in 2022.



Texas Observer, 10/22/2021
By spreading out the electoral power of their white base in the vast expanses of deep-red rural Texas, Republicans shored up their current hold on power. They drew majority-white districts and fewer Hispanic majority districts, making red seats redder and blue seats bluer. This was done by defusing the ascendant political power of Latino, Black, and Asian voters in the cities and suburbs of Texas. 
If this all sounds familiar, it should. During the last redistricting cycle in 2010, Republicans similarly maximized their political control with districts that courts repeatedly found were drawn with intent to racially discriminate.

Related posts:
District 1.  (4/19/2023
District 2.  (4/19/2023)
District 3.  (4/19/2023)
District 4.  (4/21/2023)
District 5.  (4/21/2023)
District 6.  (4/21/2023)
District 7.  (4/24/2023)
District 8.  (4/24/2023)
District 9.  (4/25/2023)
District 10.  (4/25/2023)
District 11.  (4/26/2023)
District 12.  (4/26/2023)
District 13.  (4/27/2023)
District 14.  (4/27/2023)
District 15.  (4/28/2023)
District 16.  (4/28/2023)
District 17.  (4/29/2023)
District 18.  (4/29/2023)
District 19.  (4/30/2023)
District 20.  (5/1/2023)
District 21.  (5/2/2023)
District 22.  (5/3/2023)
District 23.  (5/4/2023)
District 24.  (5/5/2023)
District 25.  (5/6/2023)
District 26.  (5/7/2023)
District 27.  (5/8/2023)
District 28.  (5/9/2023)
District 29.  (5/9/2023)

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