A Politico piece by ERIN DOHERTY, ANDREW HOWARD and RILEY ROGERSON use a poll that shown’s some Blacks willing to break strong minority House districts into more smaller one ‘s to dilute the Republican ones….
This in response to the crazy assed idea that the need for ‘Civil Rights’ for Blacks, Browns and Yellow’s are no longer needed?
That while Trump & Co. are targeting Latino’s, some in this county LEGALLY , for export….
Did everyone forgot Trump & Co. trying to cut off money from agencies, schools, etc because they HAVE made sure that people of color are not extinct in their numbers?
Now this idea that people of color should help this effort to erase the political gains made over the last 70 years?
One guy talking to a reporter ain’t the way as the piece actually says , but down plays, which gets a smile, and nod from Republicans looking for Democratic ‘s to argue about while they use Alito’s led to try keep moving America BACKWARDS…
New results from The POLITICO Poll show many Democrats want their party leaders to fight back hard — even if it means breaking up districts designed to protect the power of Black voters and other minority communities.
In theory, Democrats want to keep those districts intact. When given no context on the recent Supreme Court decision, a 54 percent majority of people who voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 say it is more important to protect the voting power of Black voters and other minorities, even if it means Democrats draw fewer seats.
But that number changes significantly when the question is asked in the context of the Supreme Court ruling and Republican gerrymandering — and a 45 percent plurality instead say that Democrats must counter GOP efforts, “even if it means reducing the number of majority-minority districts.”
Taken together, the poll results reveal that Republicans’ aggressive redistricting is testing Democrats’ appetite for a maximalist posture in response — and so far, many appear willing to embrace it to win the House. They’re even willing to throw away traditional liberal principles such as boosting the electoral power of voters of color in an effort to fight fire with fire.
“Do I think you should do all of these carve outs? No. But do I think what we’ve just witnessed should have happened? No. Do I think that the Supreme Court should have come down with Callais? No,” said Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.). “At some point you do have to stop and say, ‘This is madness, and all this is doing is unraveling democracy.’”
But Democrats’ conversations “probably will have to” involve carving up majority-minority districts, said Kamlager-Dove. “It’s existential at this point, and this is a larger battle that we’re fighting for.”
It’s a stunning admission from a Black lawmaker who represents a majority-Hispanic Los Angeles district: Defeating Republicans might be more important than protecting districts like hers….
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“Those numbers seem to suggest there’s not a unified position on the path forward for Democrats on this issue,” said Adam Kincaid, president of the National Republican Redistricting Trust….
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