Democrats Likely to Gain US House Seats, Thanks to SCOTUS
Battleground is a reader-supported publication. Consider supporting the newsletter through Buy Me A Coffee. Democrats Likely to Gain US House Seats, Thanks to SCOTUSAfter overturning Alabama's congressional district map for racial gerrymandering, Democrats are poised to increase their ranks in the US House.Topline Takeaways
SCOTUS Rules on Alabama’s MapThe Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the map pictured above is an illegal racial gerrymander that must be remedied before the next election. This means that Alabama legislators will have to go back to the redistricting drawing board to create a new, fairer map. In the court’s opinion, it stated that legislators must draw two minority-majority districts to allow the state’s sizable Black popularion adequate representation in government. Due to the state’s clear racial divide in voting, it’s all but guaranteed that a Democrat will win the election in Alabama’s newly drawn seat. This will reduce House Republicans’ Alabama delegation from 6 to 5 members. How Does This Impact The VRA?In a suprise to many, SCOTUS’s ruling keeps the VRA in tact and leans on past precedent to guide its opinion. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court’s majority opinion and was joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. The shock swing vote came from conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who previously voted to allow Alabama to use the map in the 2022 elections while the case was being heard. Since the decision upholds the VRA, existing case law is largely unaffected and attention instead turns to the electoral implications in the wake of other racial gerrymandering cases. How Will This Impact Other States?Several states already have racial gerrymandering cases working their way through SCOTUS including Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina. While this case does not guarantee similar outcomes for those states, many are expecting the pattern to continue due to the similarities of those cases with Alabama’s. A crucial point in favor of the plaintiffs in Allen v. Milligan was Alabama’s undeniable history of racism in politics alongside a persistent racial voting divide. The same can be said about the rest of the states with outstanding racial gerrymandering cases as they are all Southern states with deep histories of disenfranchising of Black voters. Let’s quickly entertain a best case scenario for Democrats: SCOTUS overturning maps for all seven states facing racial gerrymandering cases would likely lead to 7 Republican-held seats flipping to Democrats. Republicans currently hold a 9-seat majority in the US House, therefore SCOTUS could help put Democrats just two seats away from retaking the House. Stick with Battleground to stay up to date as these cases work their way through SCOTUS! |
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