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Should the Voting Rights Act require maps to preserve majority-Black districts?

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Current split

How 193 Americans voted.

Yes — Section 2 should require drawing majority-minority districts wherever demographics allow

32%

Yes — but only when there is direct evidence of intentional racial discrimination

24%

No — race should be a permitted factor but not a required one in redistricting

13%

No — congressional maps should be drawn without reference to race

31%

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