Black Democrats say Republicans’ underrepresentative claims in Congress are garbage, and members of their Congressional Black Caucus are targeted.
Rep. Troy Carter, Democrat of Louisiana, said Republican Party Point “pig”.
The 119th Congress has a record 67 black members, with 62 Democrats and CBC members, making them 12.2% of Congress membership.
Black Americans make up 14.4% of the country’s population, according to Pew Research Center. Among black voters, 83% favor the Democratic Party, while 12% agree with the Republican Party.
However, less than 1% of Black Republicans, five members of Congress serve in Congress.
Republicans listed several dark blue states, namely Massachusetts, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, New York And Washington, where Republican Party Voters make up between 35% and 45% of registered voters, but have little representation in their state delegation, sometimes zero.
Republicans say the number involves their unfair representation in Congress, with Democrats complaining about the White House and Republicans redistribution in states Republican Party– The control of the legislature is ridiculous.
“Gerrymander in California is outrageous. Nine of their 52 congressional districts are Republicans,” said Vice President JD Vance in July. “This means that when Republicans often win 40% of the vote in the state, the Republican delegation is Republicans.
During a CBC press conference on Tuesday, Mr. Carter said: “Please take a break. Look at the data, not the speech. Look at the data. It doesn’t support this claim, and now, it’s one thing because Donald Trump asks you to do that, and that’s another thing in a census.”
He added: “Look at the numbers and look at their maps. Until about five weeks ago, Donald Trump said: “I need to get five more votes from Texas.” “These made arguments do not exist.”
Florida won one seat after the 2020 census, Texas won two, while New York and California lost one.
In May 2022, the Census Bureau issued its base price and excess tax rates by state.
The underestimated states are: 5.04% of Arkansas, 3.48% of Florida, 1.97% of Illinois, 4.11% of Mississippi, 4.78% of Tennessee, and 1.92% of Texas.
The states whose population is over-meeted are: Delaware 5.45%, Hawaii 6.79%, Massachusetts 2.24%, and Minnesota 3.84%, New York Ohio is 3.44% to 1.49%, Rhode Island is 5.05%, and Utah is 2.59%.
Members of the Black Caucus of Congress condemning Republicans on Tuesday for their re-division of “racist” plans, threatening the seat of CBC lawmakers.
Black Democratic legislators, many of whom represent the House, state legislature and Republican Party Most people have redrawn the Congress map, saying they intend to fight the map in court and protest in the streets.
this Republican Party– The Texas-controlled legislature launched the initial map a month ago when it drew an opportunity to make Republicans better in areas where Democratic delegates were represented.
recent, Republican Party– The Missouri-controlled legislature approved a map that helped Republicans map areas that were more favorable to their party.
Mr Ivy said the Republican redistribution efforts in his state and other red countries were “they made a racist plan nationwide, simple and clear.”
He said the White House was trying to “rig map” because Republican Party The recently passed tax cuts have not been supported by the American people.
“No one did the mid-division in the late 1700s, no one did it in the 1800s, and no one did it in the early 1900s. [Former Rep. Tom DeLay] It was done initially, and now Trump is doing it. ” he said.
The re-division of Congress in the past decade actually has a relatively long history.
According to the Congressional Research Service, this redistribution was common in the 19th century, but rarely occurred in the 20th century.
In 1804 and 1808, New York The Drew Congress Line has nothing to do with any population changes. Some experts re-draw this repeatedly drawn Congress map as the first example of a mid-term re-division.
A study cited by the CRS found that between 1872 and 1896, at least one state re-delayed its congressional route every year.
Ohio, for example, drew the borders of the congressional districts seven times between 1878 and 1892, and conducted five consecutive House elections under different regional maps.
