Redistricting experts weigh in on results of first general election under new maps

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1. Republicans would love to create a few "guarangeed black rep" districts.

That way, the map can resemble the old method of gerrymandering. Pack a few districts with black voters (presumed Democrats), and give Repugs an advantage in neighboring districts.

Even that can fail. MI 3rd District should have elected a black representative. The Dem primary had Shri Thanadar running against half a dozen qualified black candidates. Shri (not black) won with maybe 30% of the vote. The rest of the votes were split among the roster of black candidates, so they all ended up with fewer votes than Shri. I don't think this is a districting problem, but there's no solution that I can see. We can't tell people not to run because they'll cause a vote split.