DeSantis unveils his racist gerrymander

The Devil is the the details. It's things like the odd shaped projections that extend into urban areas that make the difference, it's subtle, but some of it is shown on the left side in the OP. Or the way the heart of Miami is split into 3 districts, 2 of which are huge red zones. Why divide a city into 3 parts? Do Miami residents want the same rep as the sugar farmers in the everglades? Of course not. It's diluting the minority vote.

 

The consequence of an election shouldn’t be getting gerrymandered into oblivion, regardless of which party does it.

 

But the maps drawn by 538 don't disenfranchise nearly as many democrats as the governor's map.

 

There must be some confusion. We’re you referring to DeSantis winning most of his cases because that’s who I thought that’s who you were talking about?

 

Would it then be referred to the USSC?

 

No, I was referring to Marc Elias - the lawyer who will end up filing suit over this map if it remains

 

Okay thanks. Sorry for my screw up.

 

But it appears to violate the voting rights act.

 

And to expect that people vote in a monolithic block just because of the color of their skin is rich...

Not all people of color vote for one Political Party.

I also remember some voting districts looking like snakes or some weird shape you'd see in a Rorschach test.

 

I wonder what percentage of registered voters in the last Gubernatorial race in AA districts versus mostly non-AA districts actually voted. Did the AA's come out and vote at a high percentage or not? And did the non-AA districts see that same high percentage of registered voter's votes being cast?

Also, the OP is talking about losing the state by 2 to 5 percentage points but only winning 7 districts? How did that happen?

 

Qualifying for races closes in June. This map comes is too late for appropriate state court review. I don’t see the Florida courts having much to do with this. The Federal Court is going to have to intervene. Already a hearing set in May. The only way this survives is if the Fair Districts Amendment and Voting Rights Acts are declared unconstitutional and the US constitution is construed to permit the exclusion of representation based on race. I would add, too, that the rejection of legislatively drawn map weakens arguments centered on legislative prerogative. The DeSantis map and his spin are just blatant racism. But, those who long for Jim Crowe now feel free to act this was and this just makes DeSantis even more popular in the GOP war of white straight people versus everyone else. This is my post in the redux thread: His insistence on rejecting the legislature’s map and his elimination of African American majority districts in favor of white, GOP dominated districts is another “policy” that is going to be struck down. Especially after Walker’s opinion. DeSantis framed the former maps as illegal as race based. But, by so claiming and eliminating legislatively drawn African American districts, he actually showed an intent to exclude African American representation.

 

Already is. Three Judge panel.
DeSantis, lawmakers sued by groups over congressional maps

 

Excuse me young man. You need to say less because your racism is shining through.