With apologies to Stephen Sondheim, a funny thing has happened in the redistricting battles leading up to next year’s midterm elections. Democrats have discovered that divvying up voters by race might not be such a good idea.
For decades, Democrats have operated under the assumption that white voters wouldn’t pull the lever for black candidates. They clung to this belief even after majority white cities had elected black mayors, majority white states had elected black governors and senators, and a majority white country had elected a black president. When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, he performed better …
