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Back in the day when affirmative action was popular some states used redistricting to increase Blacks in congress. District lines were drawn around Black populations and voters elected Black candidates. The Supreme Court ended affirmative action in 1997 when it upheld a lower court decision in California and this quickly spread to other states. The recent court decision in Virginia that reversed a state redistricting plan was based to some degree on the drawing of Black areas. Redistricting has gotten out of hand in recent years with state congressional representatives not matching the states voting records. Here are two examples to illustrate the point. In California 43 out of 50 districts (83%) voted for Harris who got 58% of the vote while in Florida, Trump won 20 of 28 districts (71%) and got 56% of the vote. Redistricting has skewed the popular vote.