Will SCOTUS Rig the House?
A recent group email from Capitol Hill predicted the potential extinction of the Democratic Party following a Supreme Court decision that could overturn the remaining parts of the Voting Rights Act.
Nate Cohn, in an article published in the Times, presented a less severe but still concerning version of this argument, discussing the implications for partisan and vote counts.
The potential consequences of such a decision would be far-reaching, effectively ending African-American political representation in the states of the old Confederacy.
- Most majority-minority districts would disappear.
- Republican state legislatures would be able to redraw districts, spreading and diluting African-American voters into safely Republican districts.
Cohn thinks it’s plausible that Democrats could permanently lose as many as 12 House seats.
Author's summary: SCOTUS decision may impact Democratic Party.