Sparks Fly in Senate Expert Witness Testimony
December 15th, 2015 by Mike Vasilinda
A Univeristy of Utah Political Scientist whose testimony in the Congressional redistricting case was called “suspect” by the Florida Supreme Court was grilled today in the Senate map case. Dr. Daodong Liu was called by the Senate as their expert. He testified hispanics need at least a 70 percent voting age population in a district to win and insisted blacks need at least 50 percent. On the stand, he floundered under questions from voters coalition attorney David King.
“You suggested here that it’s so important that black voting age population must exceed fifty percent, so in your report here, you don’t list what the black voting population is in the districts.” asked King.
Sot: Dr. Daodong Liu
Univ. of Utah Political Scientist
“No racial group is a majority, so they are a minority” responded Dr. Daodong Liu
“Well, can you tell me what that black voting age population is?”
King asked again.
“It’s less than 50 percent” responded the political scientist.
The district King was asking about elected an African American with only 36 percent black voting age population.
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