Actually Yellowhammer is right in that the VRA actually slightly raises the number of Dems elected (or at best it has no net effect). Here is a very quick state senate map I have drawn without looking at race:
https://davesredistricting.org/join/9be7ca5b-dd6b-4762-a8fa-1fa4e8d65a1dThat map, in terms of PVI has 6 Dem districts and 29 Rep districts. In terms of actual votes (2012/2016 composite) it has 7 Dem districts and 28 Rep districts.
Or in terms of Safe/Lean/Tossup; using safe for 55%+; likely for 54-53%; lean for 52-51% and tossup for 50%:
Safe D: 5
Likely D: 1
Lean D: 0
Tossup: 1
Lean R: 1
Likely R: 0
Safe R: 27
The Safe D are in Birmingham (2), Montgomery (1), the Black Belt (1) and Mobile (1). All black majority. The Lean D district is the rural district to the southwest of Tuscaloosa. The Tossup district is the Tuscaloosa district. The Lean R district is the Huntsville district. (all white majority)
Considering the RL numbers are 27-8; this map is actually a bit more unfavourable to the Democrats than the RL map, though not by much.
Also, the 19th district in my map is unintentionally hilarious. It is a White majority district (50.7% white) that actually leans Democratic lol (54-46). If looking at total population it does become plurality black though (49.6% black, 48.6% white, 1% hispanic)
Does someone have any idea how I somehow made such a district? I didn't even try to do it like that! (of course in practice such a district would elect a Black Democrat, or possibly a white Republican in a wave).
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