The Supreme Court upheld a pro-Republican South Carolina congressional map Thursday, rejecting the argument raised by civil rights groups that lawmakers impermissibly used race as a proxy to bolster the GOP’s chances.
But the high court also said that the civil rights groups that challenged the maps could continue to pursue one part of their claim, a move that will likely delay the battle over the districts for months.
With state election deadlines approaching, a federal court in March had already ruled that South Carolina could use the contested map in this year’s election.
The decision was 6-3 along conservative-liberal lines.
Gerrymandering is despicable, as are the conservative Justices that allow it. Look at this ridiculous map.
It designates one Democratic district and six Republican districts.
Current voter registration is 44.98% Democrat, and 44.62% Republican.
This is exactly how Republicans maintain their control in the House.
Even with the demotivation caused by gerrymandering, the 2020 only election broke about 5:4 in favor of Republicans. In the 2022 midterms, it was 2:1, but only 3:2 when you take out the two districts where the Republican was unopposed.
A huge part of America’s problem right now comes from worshipping “Constitutional Democracy v2.0” when many other countries are running version 4 or 5.
First Past the Post, no ranked choice voting, an imbalanced legislature, an Electoral College based on the numbers from that legislature, and contemplating no constitutional role for parties, all that has ossified the political culture. You get parties locking in temporary gains and pushing advantages to the hilt because after all there’s no parties in MUH CONSTITUTION. Even if we assume the remaining 9% of voters in SC are all embarrassed republicans, that’s still 5:4, like the presidential numbers tend to break. In what fucking world should that result in a 6:1 ratio in the house delegation?
I get that maybe you have to consider letting some people be a bit overrepresented to get them to buy-in, that’s at the heart of many federal systems, but the degree and the manner in the US has become full-on toxic.
Current voter registration is 44.98% Democrat, and 44.62% Republican.
I’m not sure where they’re getting that information. SC does not have registration by party at all. It’s literally not information that the state collects.
The website states they get their voter registration data from L2 Data.
Palmetto State voters don’t register by party, but L2 has you covered. Our party identification modeling in South Carolina is built from both primary ballot selections and academic modeling which has gone through extensive testing. As an early presidential primary state, voters in this state get a lot of attention.
Know who they are by utilizing the detailed demographic and issue data in L2’s enhanced file. L2 data is trusted by campaigns, consultants and political organizations throughout South Carolina, and we’ve built a reputation in the state as having the most up-to-date and cleanest file available.
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“In the electoral sphere especially, where ‘ugly patterns of pervasive racial discrimination’ have so long governed, we should demand better – of ourselves, of our political representatives, and most of all of this Court.”
- Justice Elena Kagan
Everyone knows this is the objectively wrong decision, the judges are just playing politics because they have the votes to do so. And as a result, we all suffer.
It’s a GOOD THING the Judges, like Samuel Alito, have shown us they are IMPARTIAL and ONLY rules based on Law and Precendent and NOT the fact that they totally hate Democrats and ANYONE who identifies as one and Support by Definition Traitors Against America!
Unfortunately, it looks like Americans learn nothing. Get ready for another 4-year round of Cheeto-dusted fun this November.
Stuffing the Supreme Court was definitely the right step for a dictatorship.
This crap needs to stop. Everyone anywhere in the country should be allowed to vote anything in a general election
Prison labor = slave labor, black votes are systematically made worth less than white votes…this is starting to sound familiar.
Damn, and they did well on the last two voting cases, told Louisiana and Alabama to get bent. What’s different here?
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1200906844/supreme-court-alabama-voting-case
