Partisan Gerrymandering

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I have another question to add on:  If the outcome is to create a competitive district rather than to crack the Minority population (like say drawing a seat taking in all the Corpus Christi area which is probably about 50/50 D/R overall and about 63% Hispanic) legitimate under the VRA?  You're not gerrymandering the area at all, you're respecting existing geographic/demographic boundaries, and you're creating a legitimately competitive district so that the Hispanic vote is heavily courted by both sides.

I mean the alternative is to draw separate districts for the Hispanic and white Parts, both breaking a strong COI and creating 2 safe seats so that the voting preferences of the people of Corpus Christi don't actually matter.  It just doesn't seem like the latter option is respecting the voting intentions of Corpus Christi's minority population any more than the former one.