redistricting

Redistricting By: Charles Bazarian In the recent political elections the democrats did not regain the majority of the either house of Congress. However, there were still some important victories that gave them reason to celebrate. In some elections democratic candidates faced more than just a republican opponent. One of these candidates was Congresswomen Cynthia McKinney, a black representative from the eleventh district in Georgia. She had previously been a two time winner in the eleventh …showed first 75 words of 2671 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2671 total…defeat of the Supreme Court’s decision, but the problem is far from over. The elections of 1996, and especially McKinney’s, cause mixed feelings for blacks representatives and for the court. McKinney won a short term battle but could in effect lose the long term war for proprtional black representation. The only way to overcome this is to see the real reasons for McKinney’s victory. In an article in the New York on November 23, 1996