Right now, state legislatures across the country are setting new boundaries for state legislative and congressional districts. And in many states, Republicans are drawing maps that allow them to hold onto power.
In Texas, for example, Republicans recently passed a law making voting harder, especially for people of color. Now they’re advancing a new congressional map that’s tilted in their favor and doesn’t reflect the state’s growth.
In Texas, for example, Republicans recently passed a law making voting harder, especially for people of color. Now they’re advancing a new congressional map that’s tilted in their favor and doesn’t reflect the state’s growth.
And in Georgia, Republicans released a congressional map that decreases the voting power of communities of color – including African Americans in a historically Black district – and ignores how the state has changed.
@BarackObama @ResisterNell They also have a backup plan to change the results they’re not happy with…can’t win one way—no problem—there’s always another way to win, when you’ve agreed to bend rules to meet that goal.
@BarackObama If Dems keep winning popular votes and yet lose federal and state legislative bodies that retain power by gerrymandering and voter suppression, then democracy is already dead
@BarackObama In Texas, for example, Republicans recently passed a law making voting harder, especially for people of color. Now they’re advancing a new congressional map that’s tilted in their favor and doesn’t reflect the state’s growth.
@BarackObama Texas needs to go BLUE again but as it is now, not only Texas will be hurt.