I am not claiming it. It seems to be a fact.How gerrymandering and voter suppression paved the way for abortion bans
Alabama Republicans have pursued a similar gerrymandering strategy, segregating black voters to boost conservative white Republicans.
In his successful campaign for the US Senate in 2017, Democrat Doug Jones won 50 percent of the vote but carried just one of Alabama’s seven congressional districts—a sign of just how lopsided the state’s political map has become.
That same year, a federal court ruled that 12 of Alabama’s legislative districts were illegally racially gerrymandered. The Republican State Leadership Committee—which funded the GOP’s takeover of numerous state legislatures in 2010 and then coordinated the drawing of new, gerrymandered maps—spent $1.5 million to flip Alabama red for the first time since Reconstruction.
Many more examples are given.It is the death knell of democracy. If you feel that your vote doesnt count then you pretty much stop voting.
Do people get sent to jail for these crimes ?
Ah, Tommy? Alabama has voted Republican consistently since 1976 when it voted for Jimmy Carter...a good 'ole Southern boy! For you to claim that it took illegal gerrymandering to "flip" Alabama red is one of your dumber posts on this board!
Just a piece of advice? If you want to comment on our politics? Try knowing the basics before you claim to know what you're talking about!
It's not even CLOSE to being a fact, Tommy! When you claim something that's obviously not the case you're one of two things...incredibly ignorant...or deliberately lying! Which is it with you?