One factor courts consider in deciding whether states need to re-draw their maps is whether people tend to vote together, the trend referred to as “racially polarized voting.”
It’s part of how judges decide whether minority voters can cast their ballots for a candidate of their choice.
Mooppan argues that #Louisiana voters didn’t have big differences by #race, so the districts were drawn instead with #politics in mind – something #SCOTUS has said is fine.