The battle over congressional district lines in Louisiana involves how much states should weigh race. The state's new map has been called 'morally repugnant.'
They are not uniformly distributed, and that’s not really the point. Districting is designed to organize voter regions by counties, cities, or population type. Gerrymandering is the practice of dividing districts through homogeneous areas in order to disenfranchise a voter group. Louisiana’s previous districts were intentionally drawn through lower income areas, intentionally diluting the representation of black voters.
They are not uniformly distributed, and that’s not really the point. Districting is designed to organize voter regions by counties, cities, or population type. Gerrymandering is the practice of dividing districts through homogeneous areas in order to disenfranchise a voter group. Louisiana’s previous districts were intentionally drawn through lower income areas, intentionally diluting the representation of black voters.