Florida’s population added 2.7 million new residents in the last decade according to the 2020 Census as it enabled the state to add a 28th Congressional District.
The additional seat and redrawing of maps by the Republican-led state legislature is carving up existing districts and diluting the Black vote.
The Florida House and Senate have proposed new congressional maps. The House-drawn map would shrink the heavily Democratic 7th Congressional District. With that map, the increasingly Democratic Seminole County would shift into a Republican-led district. In contrast, the western portion of the district would shift to a predominantly Black area of Orlando.
David Daley, senior fellow for the nonprofit FairVote and radio talk show host Rev. Mark Thompson join Charles Blow on “Prime” to discuss.
All this and more on “Prime.”
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