that's part of my point. 58% white non-Hispanic in the Census could well mean 65% or 70% of likely voters.
okay, but I don't see the comparison with the Deep South in that case.
As states are allocated representation based on census estimates rather than voter registration rolls, the Deep South, which was oppressing the voting rights of the most people, would then have communities voting for racist Democrats when they were majority black. Arizona is a less extreme example of a similar, but obviously not identical, situation. And it's entirely possible that 50.1%+ of the Maricopa county adult population approves of Arpaio's tactics, after all. Or did at some point in the recent past.
this is a good point, one I hadn't thought of before. at least three states bar over 20% of blacks from voting (VA, KY, FL), and many are in the mid-to-high teens. yet they get 'full credit' for those people when the EVs and House seats are allocated -- as we all know, even under slavery, they only got 3/5 credit.
There's a reason the US prison system is called the New Jim Crow. Funny how the drug wars started right about the time minorities were starting to gain political influence.
