Georgia 2020 Redistricting Discussion

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Here is a good summary of the first week which focused on the plaintiffs. The second week will seemingly focus on the defense and the state's rebuttal.

The state’s attorneys have argued that recent elections undermine claims that Black voters are not able to elect candidates of their choice, pointing to the wins of U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath in the Atlanta suburbs and President Joe Biden and U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in statewide races.

Am I just dense or something, but don't both of those statements work against the state's position?  McBath originally won in the old GA-06, which promptly got redrawn to make it so Republican that she moved to GA-07, displacing Bourdeaux, so two seats that had been Democratic went down to one.  And the argument about Biden, Ossoff, and Warnock just shows that Democrats are no worse than even on a statewide basis -- but they nevertheless have substantial minorities in the state legislature and our House districts.

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Also, to refresh the minds of everyone new to this case, this is the plaintiffs map when they applied for a Preliminary Injunction over a year ago. They basically won that hearing, but the judge said he couldn't rule positively in their favor, despite the facts, given Purcell.

What would the partisan lean of the 9th be on this map?

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Gov. Kemp has called a special session for Nov. 29 to draw new maps.

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https://twitter.com/gpbnews/status/1730333392879681999
Stephen Fowler is a great resource for Georgia politics in general, especially redistricting.  His X feed is https://twitter.com/stphnfwlr.

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https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1740426812742939121