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« on: October 17, 2005, 08:03:20 PM » |
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I don't have a source but I remember reading awhile back that Maria Cantwell's very close win in 2000 for Washington State Senate was due in part to Native American support. That is a state with a notable Indian population.
The reason there are no districts designed specifically for Native Americans has to do simply with sheer numbers. There are 37 million blacks and 35 million hispanics, there are less than 3 million Native Americans spread out over wide areas, making 645,000 person districts almost impossible to make.
Also it should be noted that the intention of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was to specifically address entrenched racism towards blacks, other groups were not as strictly addressed. (Not a complaint, just a fact)
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