Sentences with phrase «majority minority districts»

I can't imagine they are all interested in political suicide (Klein, Savino and Smith all in majority minority districts and Carlucci having a seemingly bright future in the Democratic Party).

Majority minority districts were a reaction to states spreading out their African - American voters so that there were always more white voters in their voting districts.

The normal proportional representation system does not have majority minority districts.

By mandating that redistricters had to include majority minority districts where possible, the system encouraged districts that African - American candidates could win.

One of the election reforms created something called a majority minority district.

Not exact matches

Each map has a different goal: One is designed to encourage competitive elections, for example, and another to maximize the number of majority - minority districts.

The district encompasses 357 schools and approximately 8,000 square miles in southern Nevada and is a minority majority student district.

But when an overwhelming majority of districts are proving that the standards are workable, doesn't it make more sense to help the struggling minority than to roll back the standards?

The trend is that the majority party has a much larger diversity of beliefs while the minority party is much more unified in their belief (by dint of being in safe districts, typically).

In the lead up to this weekend's New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus» conference in Albany, the Center for Working Families and Citizen Action of New York has released a study that found public financing of political campaigns helps candidates in poor and majority - minority districts.

A minority has been turned into an majority using the «packing» strategy (putting all the votes from the dominant party in a «lost» district).

This is the «cracking» strategy (distributing minority votes in multiple districts where they are outnumbered by the majority).

As of 2015, Washington was home to one congressional majority - minority district.

As of 2015, New York was home to nine congressional majority - minority districts.

They also argued that Paladino's statements create a hostile and intimidating environment in a district where the majority of students are minorities, something they believe is a violation of the state's Dignity for All Students Act.

As of 2015, Massachusetts was home to one congressional majority - minority district.

However, the population growth did pose some changes for legislative maps; two northern state senate districts were merged so that a new one could appear in the southern part of the state, and as for the House, its new map preserved four Wilmington majority - minority districts and moved two northern New Castle County districts to Kent and Sussex counties.

As of 2015, New Hampshire was home to zero congressional majority - minority districts.

For the past 40 years, Sheldon Silver ruled over the 65th Assembly District, commonly referred to as a majority - minority dDistrict, commonly referred to as a majority - minority districtdistrict.

The letter blasted the Senate GOP majority for trying to maintain its razor - thin majority by drawing partisan - motivated district boundaries that critics say divide minority communities on Long Island and upstate.

On March 24, Senior U.S. Judge Lawrence Kahn gave the county just three weeks to submit a remedial map that contains an additional, fifth majority - minority county legislative district.

But the 1st Ward — a majority - minority district — also had one of the higher turnouts with 933.

Kahn directed the county to draw five majority - minority districts based on the black populations alone but nonetheless urged officials «not to ignore cross-racial voter coalitions in creating» the new lines.

Thus, the deciding votes in the majority - minority district may end up getting cast in the white ethnic enclaves of Sheepshead Bay, Mill Basin and Bergen Beach, where County remains relatively strong.

As of 2015, Missouri was home to one congressional majority - minority district.

Racial gerrymandering and majority - minority districts are discussed in greater detail in this article.

Because minority groups tend to vote Democratic, critics argue that majority - minority districts ultimately present an unfair advantage to Republicans by consolidating Democratic votes into a smaller number of districts.

A majority - minority district is a district in which minority groups compose a majority of the district's total population.

Proponents of majority - minority districts maintain that these districts are a necessary hindrance to the practice of cracking, which occurs when a constituency is divided between several districts in order to prevent it from achieving a majority in any one district.

Critics, meanwhile, contend that the establishment of majority - minority districts can result in packing, which occurs when a constituency or voting group is placed within a single district, thereby minimizing its influence in other districts.

A majority - minority district is one in which a racial group or groups comprise a majority of the district's populations.

States and other political subdivisions may create majority - minority districts in order to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

In addition, supporters argue that the drawing of majority - minority districts has resulted in an increased number of minority representatives in state legislatures and Congress.

The majority party can not punish the minority party by changing or modifying district geographies once in power

The district has been fighting for some time over funding, with the Orthodox Jewish - controlled school board diverting funds to Yeshivas — religious private schools that educate a minority of students — and away from the public schools attended by a majority of students, many of whom are black and Latino.

In an electorate with a single district, the majority party is pretty much assured of staying together (it behooves everybody to get along and serve the majority) but the minority party is usually in a mode of seeking those issues that could overturn the majority.

Every day she proves her worth and I'm so thankful that she came on to help me with my agenda, and this is just another one of her great ideas to organize and strengthen not only the African - American members of our body but also the people who represent minority majority districts.»

«It belies the demographics,» says Nozzolio, who says add 13 minority majority districts have been preserved and strengthened in the new district lines.

The two minority - majority districts, belonging to Representatives Nydia Velázquez and Gregory Meeks, are likely protected by federal law (and wouldn't really be possible to eliminate anyway).

Local Representatives: Catherine Borgia, Majority Leader, Westchester County Board of Legislators; John G. Testa, Minority Leader, Westchester County Board of Legislators; Linda D. Puglisi, Supervisor, Town of Cortlandt; Joseph Hochreiter, Superintendent, Hendrick Hudson School District; and Theresa Knickerbocker, Mayor, Village of Buchanan.

TROY — The Democrat - controlled City Council plans to create a «minority - majority» council district to reflect the city's surging minority population.

Logically, if efforts are made to maintain the Rangel and Serrano districts as majority black and Hispanic, respectively, the same VRA imperative pertains in the Engel district which experienced growth in its minority population.

She is one of five legislators who represent a minority - majority district.

Albany Legislator Merton Simpson, who also represents a district made up of a majority of minority voters, said the federal lawsuit should be fair warning when it comes to reducing districts.

Some advocates believe that a sixth «majority - minority» congressional district can be created in the city.

How big that budget is depends on if the party is in the minority or the majority, and the size of the district they are representing.

Ms. Clarke, Ms. Velazquez and Mr. Meeks all represent majority nonwhite districts containing a politically active religious Jewish minority population.

Shanae V. Williams, 1st District (377-6311), Corazon Pineda Issac, 2nd District (377-6312), Majority Leader Michael Sabatino, 3rd District (377-6313), John Rubbo, 4th District (377-6314), Minority Leader Mike Breen, 5th District (377-6315) and Anthony Merante, 6th District (377-6316).

The candidates seated on either side of him ranged from Robert Carroll, the Democratic Party - backed favorite to succeed Brooklyn Assemblyman James Brennan, to Kent Iverson, a white independent hoping to take over Congressman Charles Rangel «s majority - minority district — to Arthur Schwartz, a Sanders campaign lawyer challenging long - sitting Manhattan Assemblywoman Deborah Glick.

... minority populations with the opportunity to elect the candidates of their choice without comprising a majority of the district.»