
Recent court rulings that weakened minority voting protections have prompted Republican-led redistricting across several Southern states, including Louisiana. The Louisiana legislature’s approval of a new map — which eliminates a majority-Black district and creates five GOP-leaning seats — exemplifies this regional trend and contributed to Democratic setbacks and strategic pressure on local races. Those developments have forced Democrats to shift tactics from reform appeals to defensive state-level campaigns.
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