Berks County Map

Berks County, like York County, saw significant growth in populations of color and an overall decrease in the population of white voters. Our two proposed districts, informed by 114 maps submitted by community members, would empower more Latino and mixed-race voters than the current lines. 

Currently, communities of color in Berks County are disproportionately packed into Pennsylvania's 127th House District, where they make up 66% of the electorate. As a consequence of this packing, voters of color makeup just 40% of the electorate in the neighboring 126th district. This dilutes the voting power of communities of color. 

Instead of packing communities of color together, these proposed maps would instead split communities of color evenly between the two districts, while respecting municipal borders, and would create two districts wherein communities of color are the majority of the electorate.