In the South, Democrats will be left without a single governor or U.S. senator across nine states stretching from the Carolinas to Texas. The House delegations from the same region are divided almost entirely by race, with white Republicans representing majority-white districts, while majority non-white districts are represented by black or Hispanic Democrats.
TX still has at least one white Democrat in the House: Lloyd Doggett and probably another. Is Gene Green still in office from Houston?
Thanks for the mention. I don’t suppose it’s all that strange to have elected representation that reflects the majority of a certain district.
I believe this complete role reversal in the South helps cause some folks to think Republicans were the big racists from posterity.
They don’t realize the (for the most part) changes in societal views on racism to have followed the change in political leanings as well.