Do you think "crossover districts" count as minority representation?
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  Do you think "crossover districts" count as minority representation?
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« on: August 15, 2023, 01:05:49 PM »

A crossover district is a district where the white population is over 50%, but minorities still get their preferred candidates elected due to crossover votes from whites.

Example: Assume a district is 60% white and 40% black. The whites here vote 60%-40% for Republicans, but the blacks here vote 80%-20% for Democrats. In total, 56% of the votes would go to the Democrats (the preferred party of blacks in this district) and 44% of the votes would go to the Republicans (the preferred party of whites in this district). This is an example of a crossover district. Would you consider this black representation as blacks are able to get their candidates of choice elected, or would you not consider this black representation as blacks still make up <50% of the population of this district?
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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2023, 01:06:20 PM »

In single-member-district systems the representatives are elected to represent all of the voters in their district, whether they voted for them or not. "Minority representation" is not an incredibly coherent concept under this system.
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