Texas Republicans unveil congressional map that could gift them five seats

[Anonymous]

Republicans redistricting hard. When you can't win fairly...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/texas-republicans-unveil-congressional-map-that-could-gift-them-five-seats/ar-AA1JADro?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=7f1c90dc109d475c88285f6d195627e9&ei=10

Republicans have unveiled a new congressional map in Texas that would allow the party to pick up as many as five additional congressional seats, an aggressive maneuver that has already met decisive outcry from Democrats and comes as the GOP tries to stave off losses in next year’s midterm elections.

Republicans already hold 25 of Texas’s 38 congressional seats. But at the urging of Donald Trump, Texas’s governor, Greg Abbott, called a special session this month to redraw the state’s congressional districts. After contentious hearings across the state, Republicans unveiled their proposed map on Wednesday.

Had the map been in place for the 2024 election, Trump would have carried 30 of the districts, while Kamala Harris would have carried just eight, according to data from Dave’s Redistricting App, an online tool that allows for analysis of voting districts.

The map unveiled on Wednesday represents the most aggressive effort for Republicans. While analysts said Republicans could target three Democratic seats easily, trying to claim more risked spreading GOP voters too thin.

[Anonymous]

Vance is up in arms about California gerrymandering. Turning out to be a mess no matter whether you're left or right.

[Anonymous]

How horrible that Rs are finally playing your game, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How horrible that Rs are finally playing your game, OP.

Not the OP, but the Dems have generally conceded states to non-partisan redistricting and in fact the NY Governor cost the Dems the House by not gerrymandering. Both CA and NY have said that if Texas does this, both states will gerrymander and the result will be untenable for the GOP, as they have nowhere else they can conjure more seats.

[Anonymous]

Why doesn’t the US join the rest of the world and just count popular votes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn’t the US join the rest of the world and just count popular votes?

This isn't about the electoral college.

[Anonymous]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/illinois-house-results

Here is the utterly ridiculous map of Illinois where I live. Voters are 43% R but only get 3 out of 17 congressional seats due to this map. It's just a fact of life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How horrible that Rs are finally playing your game, OP.

Not the OP, but the Dems have generally conceded states to non-partisan redistricting and in fact the NY Governor cost the Dems the House by not gerrymandering. Both CA and NY have said that if Texas does this, both states will gerrymander and the result will be untenable for the GOP, as they have nowhere else they can conjure more seats.

Oh yes, Dems non-partisan redistricting. uh huhhhh.

Do you think we were born yesterday? Don't answer that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/illinois-house-results

Here is the utterly ridiculous map of Illinois where I live. Voters are 43% R but only get 3 out of 17 congressional seats due to this map. It's just a fact of life.

Thank you. Look at the map, people.
How does this happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How horrible that Rs are finally playing your game, OP.

Oooooo that’s a BINGO!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/illinois-house-results

Here is the utterly ridiculous map of Illinois where I live. Voters are 43% R but only get 3 out of 17 congressional seats due to this map. It's just a fact of life.

IL and MD are dem states that gerrymander.

EVERY GOP state gerrymanders.

See the difference?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How horrible that Rs are finally playing your game, OP.

Not the OP, but the Dems have generally conceded states to non-partisan redistricting and in fact the NY Governor cost the Dems the House by not gerrymandering. Both CA and NY have said that if Texas does this, both states will gerrymander and the result will be untenable for the GOP, as they have nowhere else they can conjure more seats.

Oh yes, Dems non-partisan redistricting. uh huhhhh.

Do you think we were born yesterday? Don't answer that.

Do you understand the meaning of the word "generally?"

How is it that the GOP in the majority, comprise just 46% of the electorate in the House?

Maybe we need a system where the House of Representatives is actually representative of the American public?

[Anonymous]

We have a system where politicians can choose their voters. It's garbage. And sadly, the judicial branch allows this. So much for checks and balances. If Texas goes through with this, I fully expect California and NY State to follow with maps that benefit Democrats. This is a zero sum game. And it leads to more extremist nutcases in Congress. The only defense against this is the courts. But the judiciary is every bit as lame as the politicians.

[Anonymous]

Ok, if they want to play that game the blue states can, too. California can pick up, what, seven?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How horrible that Rs are finally playing your game, OP.

Not the OP, but the Dems have generally conceded states to non-partisan redistricting and in fact the NY Governor cost the Dems the House by not gerrymandering. Both CA and NY have said that if Texas does this, both states will gerrymander and the result will be untenable for the GOP, as they have nowhere else they can conjure more seats.

Oh yes, Dems non-partisan redistricting. uh huhhhh.

Do you think we were born yesterday? Don't answer that.

DP If Congress was not gerrymandered republicans would easily lose 25 seats minimum.