Use the demographic and geospatial representations of gerrymandering to answer the question.

Question

An illustration shows an oval shape containing 4 squares labeled B and 11 squares labeled W. The boxes are scattered randomly inside the oval. Two groups of squares are encircled. On the left side of the oval, 4 boxes labeled W and 3 boxes labeled B are circled together by a solid line. On the right side of the oval, 7 boxes labeled W and 1 box labeled B are circled together by a solid line.

Number/Percentage of White Voters Number/Percentage of Black Voters Number of Districts Number/Percentage of White Districts Number/Percentage of Black Districts Effect on Congress
11 / 73% 4 / 27% 2 2 / 100% 0 / 0% ?
What is likely to be the effect on Congress?

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Responses

Congress reflects rough parity in party affiliation by region.
Congress reflects rough parity in party affiliation by region.

Voices in Congress are likely to reflect both minority and majority races.
Voices in Congress are likely to reflect both minority and majority races.

Congress reflects increased weighted favoring of one party despite rough parity in voter affiliation.
Congress reflects increased weighted favoring of one party despite rough parity in voter affiliation.

Voices in Congress are likely to reflect the majority race.
Voices in Congress are likely to reflect the majority race.
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Answer 1

The scenario describes a situation of gerrymandering, where district boundaries are drawn in a way that gives one racial or political group an advantage over another. In this case, the demographic representation shows a majority of white voters (73% or 11 out of 15 squares) and a minority of black voters (27% or 4 out of 15 squares).

The encircled districts indicating the distribution of voters show that both districts are predominantly white (100% of the districts are white), which means there is no representation for black voters in Congress. Therefore, the likely effect on Congress would be that:

Congress reflects increased weighted favoring of one party despite rough parity in voter affiliation.

This is because gerrymandering can skew representation in a way that advantages one group (in this case, white voters) and limits the influence of the minority group (black voters).