Le redécoupage électoral du Tennessee divise le district de Memphis en trois

Le Tennessee a approuvé de nouvelles cartes électorales pour le Congrès qui divisent l'unique district démocrate de Memphis en trois districts susceptibles de favoriser les républicains en novembre. Ces changements font suite aux protestations des législateurs démocrates et à une session législative extraordinaire.

Les nouvelles frontières divisent Memphis le long de Poplar Avenue, rattachant des parties de cette ville à majorité noire à des districts qui s'étendent sur les zones rurales du sud du Tennessee et jusqu'aux zones suburbaines près de Nashville. Les autorités indiquent que les cartes ont été redessinées après que la Cour suprême a statué que les États n'étaient pas tenus de préserver les districts à majorité noire.

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Tennessee’s Republican-controlled legislature approved a new congressional map on Thursday that splits majority-Black Shelby County into three districts. The move aims to remove the state’s only Democratic-held U.S. House seat. Governor Bill Lee signed the map into law shortly after passage.

Tennessee Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a proposed congressional map that would split the state's majority-Black Shelby County and likely erase the last Democratic seat in the U.S. House. The plan aims to give the GOP all nine of the state's congressional districts. It follows a recent Supreme Court ruling that weakened Voting Rights Act protections.

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Tennessee Republicans voted Thursday to pass new congressional maps expected to eliminate the state's only Democratic U.S. House seat. Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the measure into law shortly afterward. The move followed a Supreme Court decision striking down certain majority-black districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.

South Carolina state senators blocked a redistricting effort Tuesday that President Donald Trump had urged to target the state's lone Democratic congressional seat. The move came after weeks of debate and despite pressure from the White House.

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In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's April 29 ruling in Callais v. Louisiana—which struck down a second majority-Black congressional district as racial gerrymandering—civil rights advocates in the Deep South have condemned the decision as a threat to Black representation. States including Alabama, Tennessee, and Louisiana are redrawing maps, prompting vows of lawsuits and midterm mobilization.

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A POLITICO/Public First survey conducted May 9–11 finds a plurality of Democrats say their party should respond to Republican redistricting efforts even if it results in fewer majority-minority districts. The results come weeks after the Supreme Court’s April 29 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which narrowed how Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act can be used in redistricting disputes.

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