Census Shows Redistricting Alters Population Makeup in Two Districts Including Montgomery County
The shift is no surprise and, in fact, was part of a key political move.
By Jeremy Barr, Capital News Service Maryland’s redrawn congressional map, which paved the way for a Democratic victory in November, significantly altered the makeup of two of the state’s eight congressional districts, as expected, according to recently released demographic estimates. The 6th Congressional District, which was reshaped to include a swath of heavily Democratic Montgomery County, is now 69 percent white, down from 87 percent in 2010, according to census data. The shift stems from 7 percentage-point increases in each of the populations of African-American, Hispanic and Asian-American residents. The 8th District, represented by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Kensington, experienced a countervailing shift. The district’s share of …
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Jim Burnetti
9:24 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
More importantly - this blatant gerrymandering on Governor O'Malley's part split communities and diluted our votes. How ironic his hand-picked choice for Representative in the 6th District lost in the primary. Unfortunately to someone who flat out bought the election. Do not support him in a run for President. He may try to re-draw the State boundaries! There might be a State on the West Coast … more ›