Two lawsuits allege that political redistricting maps adopted in Texas fail to acknowledge a new demographic reality where white people no longer claim the largest population bloc.The last 10 years in Texas saw the biggest population boom in the United States, with almost four million new people added – more than any other US state by at least 1.2 million. That is why Texas this year was awarded two additional seats in the US House of Representatives.White Texans, historically the numerically dominant demographic in the state, accounted for just five percent of that population boom. Hispanic Texans made up nearly half, pushing Texas to the brink of an historic threshold with Hispanics almost outnumbering whites – a tipping point expected this year.
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