If those lines are manipulated, communities can lose meaningful representation even when they make up a significant portion of of the population. And that's what we saw playing out in Louisiana. Black residents make up about one third of Louisiana's population. But after the 2020 census, the state approved a congressional map. Congressional maps with only one black district out of a total of six congressional districts. (01:26–01:31)
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Asserts that approximately one-third of Louisiana's population is Black.
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