Gov Landry approves 2 Black CD's, destroys BR Representation

I just don’t understand the point in punishing Graves like this. Doesn’t make much sense to me.

2 and 6 are gerrymandered AF.

Just for reference:

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Proposed:

How do you get a CD with 50%+1 black people in this state without including NOLA and the river parishes, which are already a different one?

If you have to do a second excluding those areas, you have to pull portions of at least two metro areas, if not three, and avoid a lot of white areas.


Cleo’s previous district was a Z from Shreveport to Monroe to Baker almost to Bogalusa.


With BR being as populous as it is and the city limits being over 50% black, it tends to be the starting point for any attempt to do a second one.



Short version - they are forced to do this by the courts and this is the least godawful way to do it given political realities in the state.

How much of Lafayette does District 6 take in?

frick, I might be in it since I’m close to the Cajundome.

Fighting would accomplish nothing beyond perhaps making you feel better. Screw around enough and things could get worse.

I hate the whole idea of gerrymandering. It just gives the media more fodder with which to fans the flames of racial tension. With that said, I don't see anything wrong with the map when you take into account what was gonna take place regardless of how the new district was drawn.

Political affiliation of voters in louisiana is in the 40s for each party and about 15% independent.

This map produces 6 congressional districts that functionally non-competitive as between the parties.

Hooray for electing more Boeberts and Sheila Jackson Lee’s.

Congressional districts should be drawn by AI to produce the most dense districts as possible.

Jeff Landry is going to be the worst Republican governor in modern history