The GOP Is Targeting Black Voters in the Former Confederacy With Surgical Precision
Republicans are strategically targeting Black voters in the former Confederacy following recent Supreme Court decisions. A federal court has blocked Alabama's discriminatory voting map, while South Carolina's state senate failed to pass a map aimed at removing a key Democratic representative. These actions are part of a broader effort to reduce Black representation in the Deep South, potentially leading to the largest decline since Reconstruction.
- ▪A federal court found Alabama's voting map intentionally discriminated against Black voters and blocked it for November.
- ▪South Carolina's state senate adjourned without passing a map designed to oust Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn.
- ▪Republicans are moving to eliminate at least half a dozen majority Black districts in the Deep South by 2028.
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freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "motherjones_right_rail_1", slotId: "ROS_ATF_300x600" }); This is what a return to Jim Crow looks like. Mario Cantu/AP Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Republican attempts to erase Black representation in the wake of the Supreme Court’s destruction of the Voting Rights Act have hit a few roadblocks in recent days. A federal court found that Alabama’s map, green-lit by the Roberts Court, intentionally discriminated against Black voters and blocked it for November. And the state senate in South Carolina adjourned a special session without passing a map that was designed to oust Democratic Rep.
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