How a new congressional map could turn Virginia’s House blue
How a new congressional map could turn Virginia’s House blue
- March 1, 2019
- Bernie Grofman, poli sci, via The Economist, March 1, 2019
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Last year, a three-judge panel selected Bernard Grofman, a professor of political
science at the University of California, Irvine, as a “special master” to advise them
on the complexities of resetting Virginia House districts that they had declared to
be in violation of federal voting-rights protections. The boundaries, drawn up in
2011, had had reduced Democrats in the House of Delegates to a puny minority.
For the full story, please visit https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2019/03/01/how-a-new-congressional-map-could-turn-virginias-house-blue.
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