This post was originally published on Politico.

A lot of Democrats are willing to sacrifice Black voting power to beat the GOP.

In the two weeks since the Supreme Court significantly narrowed a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Republicans have kicked off a fresh round of redistricting across the South. Their aim is to dismantle majority-minority districts, which they’ve long argued are unconstitutional, and to try to keep control of the House.

New results from The POLITICO Poll show many Democrats want their party leaders to fight back hard — even if it means breaking up districts designed to protect the power of Black voters

Author: By Andrew Howard, Erin Doherty and Riley Rogerson