Racial voting gap grows

In 2013 the Supreme Court struck down major portions of the Voting Rights Act.  The majority said the Act was no longer needed; the days of discrimination were over.

A study by the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan think tank focused on voting rights, found that the gap in Black and White voters has grown by 11 percentage points in counties that were covered by the Act.  The Center, which relied on one billion voter files between 2023 and 2022, found that had the decision not occurred, the gap would have grown by 6%.

Since 2012 at least 62 elections for Senate, governor and president in states with counties covered by the VRA were decided by under 5%.  

We have got to change the Supreme Court.  We have got to elect enough Democrats to make those changes.

Information for this post was taken in part from Nick Corasaniti, “Racial Gap in Voter Turnout Is Wider,” New York Times, (Mar. 3, 2024), p. 19.

I will not be posting tomorrow.  I’ll be In Maryland on the Eastern Shore checking out Washington College and its environmental program.