POL SCI 61A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Southern Strategy, Jeff Sessions

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Blacks and whites are up around 65% voter rate, while latino and asians are around 48%. White voters are disproportionately more likely to vote in the midterm elections. Shelby county v. holder in 2013 takes away voting rights acts of 1965. In 1965, in southern states were required to be subject to federal. Supervision bc they had a long history of restricting minorities to vote. After 2010, republicans control state politics in majority of states. Increases difficulty of voting for groups who already face higher burdens: This policy has echoes of prior efforts to prevents minorities and low income people from exercising their constitutional right to vote. The voter id laws are not written in the letter of the law, yet in practice they are discriminatory. The more resources you have, the more likely you are to vote and be politically active. Because in 1964 the democrats passed the civil rights act.

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