Proposal for new SC congressional lines blasted as drawn along racial, partisan lines 

by seanna adcox sadcox [at] postandcourier.com 

Nov 29, 2021 

...Under the proposal, District 1 would represent the fewest Black residents of South Carolina’s seven seats, at 68 percent White and 17 percent Black, while the population of District 6 would fall to just below 50 percent Black. 

Lynn Teague with the League of Women Voters noted that even under her group’s maps, drawn with the goal of keeping communities together and seats competitive, five seats would remain Republican and one would be reliably Democrat. The 1st Congressional District is the lone, naturally competitive seat, which the Senate proposal makes a GOP stronghold, she said. 

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