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Republican disenfranchisement bid drives Black voters to polls, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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Black voters in south motivated to turn out by Republican push to redraw maps after supreme court ruling

A new analysis of Black voters in the south indicates that Republican attempts to dilute their political power is driving them to the polls in larger numbers and shifting their counties further left.

After the supreme court effectively gutted section 2 of the Voting Rights Act protections in late April, Republican legislatures across the south rapidly pushed to disenfranchise Black voters by redrawing congressional maps. Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee and Alabama all immediately worked to pass new maps, while the Mississippi governor has said that he wants legislators to redraw maps before the upcoming midterm elections.

The analysis by VoteHub, a data-focused election organization, indicates that the efforts have only motivated Black voters in the 78 Black belt counties it tracked. All but one shifted left in partisan turnout compared with 2024. Further, majority-Black counties that voted after Louisiana v Callais, the landmark supreme court decision that triggered the Republican-led redistricting efforts, had a surge in voter participation.

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[-] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 19 hours ago

Gerrymandering usually relies on razor thin margins. I hope this means the new districts in Louisiana backfire and Dems take the state.

[-] mrmisses@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

Imagine if they showed up before the Nazis were at their doorsteps

[-] triptrapper@lemmy.world 18 points 18 hours ago

I'm so tired of this cynical take. Black people have never had a fucking break from being systemically and systematically disenfranchised. Voting is non-negotiable for me, but I can also understand the apathy when there are two candidates and neither of them seem interested in improving your life.

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 11 points 19 hours ago

Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan's genius was to realize there were more white racist voters than Black voters.

They pushed dog whistles like 'war on drugs' and 'safe streets' to get out the white vote.

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

Pretty easy to look like political geniuses when you're also having police murder and imprison a bunch of black voters and organizers at the same time, that's like saying knocking out your opponent with a sucker punch over the board makes you a chess grandmaster

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 19 hours ago

You do realize that both Nixon and Reagan were out of the government when they won their first Presidential elections, right?

How were they able to arrest and murder people?

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

Lol, one was vice president and the other was governor of the state, and you don't need to be in elected office to coordinate with violent shitheads employed by a US government, just ask the Republican who undermined Vietnam peace talks in 1968, or maybe the Republican who screwed around with Iranian hostage negotiations in 1979

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago

What part of 'out of power' confused you?

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