The North Carolina state legislators recently approved a congressional map that groups Democratic voters into three districts, compared to 10 Republican-dominated districts and one more that is nearly evenly split.
Democrats have also wielded their power in states such as Illinois to tilt congressional districts in their favor. However, Republicans are overwhelmingly driving this wave of partisan and racial gerrymandering.
Furthermore, the Supreme Court has made cases against gerrymandering increasingly difficult to win, so voting rights advocates have focused on fighting the practice in state courts.
Dr. Niambi Carter, associate professor of political science at Howard University, and Joe Madison, host of SiriusXM’s “The Joe Madison Show,” join Charles Blow on “Prime” to discuss.
All this and more on “Prime.”
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