SOCI 142gm Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Army And Air Force Exchange Service, Asian Americans, Lower East Side
SOCI 142 Week 12 (Tuesday)
● Saito Chapter 6
○ Cano v. David 2001 - 2002
○ MALDEF lawsuit - 2000 Redistricting Plan
■ State legislature controls redistricting
○ Charge: Incumbent Protection Plan
■ Vote Dilution
● The lines were drawn (redistricting) so that the growing
number of latinos were not involved in that election
○ Which is a clear violation of the voting act (right to
vote)
■ Created districts that protect the voting rights of residents
■ Racially Polarized Voting
● Race remains in the US is a strong indication of who a voter
is going to vote for
○ People tend to vote for other people of the same race
○ Judges Decision
■ Increasing number of Latinos
■ Election of Latinos
● Non-Latinos were voting for latinos
● California Journal
○ Senate redistricting staff
■ MALDEF is stuck...in a 20 year time warp
● Times have changed: voters have largely gone beyond race
○ White Elected Officials: Records
○ MALDEF: Districts - Influential Latino Vote
■ Districts should be drawn in ways that protect and enhance the
voting rights of Latinos
■ Diluting political influence: fragmenting the population
■ Goal was to analyze political data that develop districts that gave
Latinos a voice
■ They didnt care if the person that was elected was Latino or not -
- they just cared about the fact that Latinos have an effective
political choice
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Document Summary
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