2020 Census and Redistricting Thread: Tennessee

[Frodo]

A little off topic, but could what happened in Tennessee happen within the next few years in Kentucky and West Virginia? 

[Frodo]

A little off topic, but could what happened in Tennessee happen within the next few years in Kentucky and West Virginia?  

In want way? That question is rather vague.

I have been looking at the Tennessee legislature, and comparing the Democrats' share of seats there with their counterparts in Kentucky and West Virginia:

Tennessee Senate:

Republicans: 28
Democrats: 5

Tennessee House:

Republicans: 73
Democrats: 26
----------------------------------------------------------

Kentucky Senate:

Republicans: 29
Democrats: 9

Kentucky House:

Republicans: 61
Democrats: 39
----------------------------------------------------------

West Virginia Senate:

Republicans: 20
Democrats: 14

West Virginia House:

Republicans: 59
Democrats: 41

Now, Tennessee has more minorities than in Kentucky and West Virginia, and even there Democrats are virtually irrelevant as a political force, judging by their share of seats in the legislature.  Which leads me to think that once Kentucky and West Virginia Democrats lose their remaining rural, white working class supporters even at the state and local levels (they're already there in the Kentucky Senate) after redistricting, they will be just as irrelevant.  

Perhaps more so, given how much fewer African Americans and other minorities live in those states comparatively, giving them a much lower floor than in other southern states.