Nevada Democrats built in “representation unfairness” and “fractured Hispanic populations” in redistricting plans

Nevada hearings can be seen/heard at the link.  Some highlights include discussion on how the Democrats fractured Hispanic populations in Las Vegas three ways in create three safe Democrat congressional seats.  The hearing also discussed how the Democrats used partisan gerrymandering to maintain artificial majorities that do not reflect statewide partisan identification.

The testimony at the hearing revealed that Nevada Democrats have built “representation unfairness” into the DNA of their proposed redistricting plans and purposefully spread Hispanics across many districts instead of allowing these communities of interest representation of their own.  In the past, Democrats maximized the partisan gerrymander of legislative seats in Nevada to allow a Democratic majority of over 60% of the legislative seats while only receiving 50% of the vote.  Democrats gamed the system to receive a majority of legislative seats despite receiving a minority of the vote. 

Now, it becomes clear why Democrats are insisting on not creating an Hispanic congressional seat and hoping the federal courts use their partisan redistricting plans that were vetoed by Governor Brian Sandoval as the baseline.  It is doubtful that the special masters appointed by a federal court would want to continue supporting a system of uncompetitive and unfair districts that fractures Hispanic populations to maintain its power.