Southern states redraw maps in moves that reduce Black representation

Politicians across the South are racing to pass new discriminatory maps to take power away from Black voters. The Supreme Court's recent decision upended the protections of the Voting Rights Act but the promise of a multiracial democracy is still ours.

The effort by southern states to push undeniably racist, gerrymandered maps demands a response from Democrats-to protect Black voters, and to save democracy itself And-if the DNC funds candidates in state legislative races-Dems might be able to gain 22 seats Because all politics is, in fact, local

“‘What’s happening right now is probably the swiftest disenfranchisement of Black folks since Reconstruction, due to disenfranchisement by racist gerrymandering. And they will lie and say that it’s for political purposes,’ said Democratic state representative Justin Pearson of Tennessee…”

BREAKING: The Alabama Senate voted to approve a GOP gerrymandering plan designed to strip Black voters of political representation. The vote comes as Alabamians have already begun casting their ballots in the state’s primaries. The bill now heads to Gov. Kay Ivey (R) for a signature.

Justice Alito relied on misleading data to support his claim that “Black voters now participate in elections at similar rates as the rest of the electorate." Using the DOJ’s data, Alito omitted the fact that the racial voter gap is actually widening. trib.al/zYpy96L

White Americans have voted along racial lines throughout much of this country’s history. But now that Black leadership rises, suddenly people say voting “by race” is the problem? Defending Black voter disenfranchisement is hypocrisy. Might I add; taxation without representation is tyranny.

Two big stories today, the first on voting rights: Alito claims that black voters in Louisiana had higher turnout than white voters in two of the last five elections. But that's really only true if you use a measure of voter turnout that no expert would ever use

“Rigged maps that decide elections before a vote is cast and politicians who rig elections so it’s impossible for them to lose: this is not democracy.” “What’s happening right now is probably the swiftest disenfranchisement of Black folks since Reconstruction.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“Donald Trump’s demand to tear up political norms has been met by Republican states eager to dust off a segregation-era playbook that maximizes the political power of white voters.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... via @neonflag.bsky.social

The Virginia Supreme Court overturned the statewide election approving redistricting. The opinion is so poorly reasoned that it would be comical if it weren't so enraging.

It really should not surprise anyone at how quickly the south white supremacists literally deleted the black voters once the SCOTUS decimated the VRA. SCOTUS just took the leash off the monster that was taking a nap. Now we see its ugly head. Disgusting

If you are using this moment right now to divert focus, to detract, from what is obviously an effort to disenfranchise Black voters, then you are not helping us right now and we are not on the same side.

The percentage of white voters who voted for Trump in 2024 in the states that are looking to redistrict. AL: 80% FL: 64% MS: 82% SC: 73% TN: 72% By contrast, in CA: 42% So this is going to be a tough road for Southern Black voters & Democrats if these gerrymanders are successful.

I don’t know if there’s any legal teeth behind it, but you can now effectively argue that Black voters in Memphis are suffering under “taxation without representation” which, as an American, I was always told was a bad thing that Americans do not tolerate.

And they need to find quality candidates that will represent the districts and have 80% of their black voters get out and vote the lazy white people who won’t know where to vote because you know they don’t have to let them know their new district and polling locations