*810 (1) Minimal change from 1972 district lines; (2) least possible population deviation; (3) preservation of the electoral base of incumbent congressmen; and (4) establishment of two districts with 40% or better black population.
Voting along racial lines allows those elected to ignore black interests without fear of political consequences, and without bloc voting the minority candidates would not lose elections solely because of their race.
Percent | Total | ||||||
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Variance | Voting | ||||||
Congressional | Total | From the | Black | Age Pop. | Black | % Black | |
District | Population | Norm | Population | % Black | (VAP) | VAP | VAP |
1 | 504,077 | -.0101% | 124,136 | 24.63% | 346,074 | 74,165 | 21.43% |
2 | 504,024 | -.0206% | 293,838 | 58.30% | 322,719 | 170,491 | 52.83% |
3 | 504,242 | +.0226% | 161,710 | 32.07% | 348,524 | 98,478 | 28.26% |
4 | 504,187 | +.0117% | 211,714 | 41.99% | 346,370 | 129,618 | 37.42% |
5 | 504,108 | -.0040% | 95,808 | 19.01% | 342,754 | 57,068 | 16.65% |
Range .0432 |
District No. 1 shall consist of the following whole counties: | |||
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Alcorn | Itawamba | Montgomery | Tishomingo |
Benton | Lafayette | Pontotoc | Union |
Calhoun | Lee | Prentiss | Webster |
Chickasaw | Marshall | Tate | Yalobusha |
DeSoto | Monroe | Tippah | |
together with the following parts of counties: | |||
Choctaw County | All except for the Panhandle precinct; | ||
Panola County | All except for the precincts of Crenshaw, | ||
Curtis, East Crowder, Longtown, | |||
Pleasant Grove, and South Curtis; | |||
Tallahatchie | All precincts located in Supervisors' | ||
County | Districts 1, 2, and 3. | ||
District No. 2 shall consist of the following whole counties: | |||
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Bolivar | Holmes | Leflore | Tunica |
Carroll | Humphreys | Quitman | Warren |
Claiborne | Issaquena | Sharkey | Washington |
Coahoma | Jefferson | Sunflower | Yazoo |
Grenada | |||
together with the following parts of counties: | |||
Attala County | The precincts of McAdams, Newport, | ||
Sallis, Shrock, and Possumneck; | |||
Hinds County | The precincts of Bolton, Brownsville, | ||
Cayuga, Chapel Hill, Dry Grove, Edwards, | |||
Learned, Pinehaven, Pocahontas, | |||
Raymond 1, Raymond 2, Tinnin, Utica 1, and | |||
Utica 2; | |||
Madison County | All except the precinct of Ridgeland; | ||
Panola County | The precincts of Crenshaw, Curtis, East | ||
Crowder, Longtown, Pleasant Grove, | |||
and South Curtis; | |||
Tallahatchie | All precincts located in Supervisors' | ||
County | Districts 4 and 5 | ||
District No. 3 shall consist of the following whole counties: | |||
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Clarke | Lauderdale | Newton | Scott |
Clay | Leake | Noxubee | Smith |
Jasper | Lowndes | Oktibbeha | Winston |
Kemper | Neshoba | ||
together with the following parts of counties: | |||
Attala County | All except for the precincts of McAdams, | ||
Newport, Sallis, Shrock, and | |||
Possumneck; | |||
Chocktaw | The Panhandle precinct; | ||
County | |||
Jones County | All new precincts located in new | ||
Supervisors' Districts Nos. 1, 2, and 5; | |||
The new Blackwell precinct in new | |||
Supervisors' District No. 4; and | |||
All of new Supervisors' District 3 except | |||
the new precincts of Glade, Ovett, and | |||
Tuckers; | |||
Madison County | The Ridgeland precinct; | ||
Rankin County | All except for the precincts of Cato, | ||
Clear Branch, County Line, Dobson, Dry | |||
Creek, Johns, Mountain Creek, Puckett, | |||
and Star. | |||
District No. 4 shall consist of the following whole counties: | ||||
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Adams | Franklin | Lincoln | Simpson | |
Amite | Jeff. Davis | Marion | Walthall | |
Copiah | Lawrence | Pike | Wilkinson | |
Covington | ||||
together with the following parts of counties: | ||||
Hinds County | All except the precincts of Bolton, | |||
Brownsville, Cayuga, Chapel Hill, Dry | ||||
Grove, Edwards, Learned, Pinehaven, | ||||
Pocahontas, Raymond 1, Raymond 2, | ||||
Tinnin, Utica 1, and Utica 2. | ||||
Rankin County | The precincts of Cato, Clear Branch, | |||
County Line, Dobson, Dry Creek, Johns, | ||||
Mountain Creek, Puckett, and Star. | ||||
District No. 5 shall consist of the following whole counties: | |||
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Forrest | Hancock | Lamar | Stone |
George | Harrison | Pearl River | Wayne |
Greene | Jackson | Perry | |
together with the following parts of counties: | |||
Jones County | All new precincts in new Supervisors' | ||
District 4 except the new Blackwell | |||
Precinct; and | |||
In new Supervisors' District 3, the new | |||
precincts of Glade, Ovett, and Tuckers. | |||
The statistics for each of the five congressional | |||
districts defined above are as follows: |
Percent | Total | ||||||
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Variance | Voting | ||||||
from | Age | ||||||
Congressional | Total | the | Black | Pop. | Black | % Black | |
District | Population | Norm | Population | % Black | (VAP) | VAP | VAP |
1 | 504,077 | -.0101% | 124,136 | 24.63% | 346,074 | 74,165 | 21.43% |
2 | 504,024 | -.0206% | 293,838 | 58.30% | 322,719 | 170,491 | 52.83% |
3 | 504,242 | +.0226% | 161,710 | 32.07% | 348,524 | 98,478 | 28.26% |
4 | 504,187 | +.0117% | 211,714 | 41.99% | 346,370 | 129,618 | 37.42% |
5 | 504,108 | -.0040% | 95,808 | 19.01% | 342,754 | 57,068 | 16.65% |
Range .0432 |
Total | ||||
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District | Population | Deviation | % Deviation | % Black |
1 | 504,671 | +543 | +.1077 | 25.86 |
2 | 504,697 | +569 | +.1128 | 53.77 |
3 | 503,760 | -368 | -.0729 | 31.23 |
4 | 503,893 | -235 | -.0466 | 45.25 |
5 | 503,617 | -511 | -.1013 | 19.84 |
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