Texas Republicans unveil congressional map that could gift them five seats

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Anonymous wrote:Texas derangement continues.

Texas GOP is unlawfully detaining state house members, requiring they sign "permission slips" and have a police escort with them if they leave the state house chambers. This is insane.

This is KIDNAPPING.

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GOP House member from California begs the Speaker to save his job:

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And how is that relevant?

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Reminds me of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh funds the entire Pennsylvania economy, but the remainder of the state controls the state legislature.

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Anonymous wrote:You would think that Democrats could find a state that isn't the most gerrymandered in the nation to flee to in order to protest..... gerrymandering.
LOL!

This is nothing whatsoever fair about the democrat-drawn 13th district; don’t you agree?

Illinois could do this if they wanted to.

We need blue states to do whatever is necessary to save the country.

The blue states have already gerrymandered the hell out of their maps.
Very little they can do.

Blue states with ZERO Republican House seats:

Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Hawaii
New Mexico
Connecticut
Delaware

Blue states with ONE Republican House seat:

Maryland
Oregon
Maine

Blue states with 2-5 Republican House seats:

Colorado
Minnesota
Illinois
Virginia
New Jersey

After that, you only have California & New York

The reason Democrats are screaming for Texas to stop redistricting is because Democrats have almost nothing left to gerrymander

They already rigged the map years ago and hate to see Republicans actually fighting back

Now do the red states with zero blue seats.
Let's also calculate how many people red state seats represent versus how many blue state seats represent.

At the end of the day, the minority in the House represents 56% of the population. The minority in the senate represents 56% of the population. That isn't how this is supposed to work.

This is the bigger issue for the GOP. After Texas there aren't many more games they can play to rig the districts because most red states are already heavily gerrymandered against Democrats.

Texas - already heavily gerrymandered, will be cartoonishly gerrymandered if they add 5 states

Florida - heavily gerrymandered

Wisconsin - one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation, Republicans hold a supermajority despite many statewide Democrat wins

Ohio - GOP holds 75% of seats despite only having 55% vote share

North Carolina - GOP maps repeatedly pushing racial and partisan bias

Utah - GOP-drawn map heavily dilutes Dem vote, particularly SLC

Arkansas - all 4 districts are GOP despite a significant Dem vote share

West Virginia - entire delegation is GOP despite urban Dem presence

Louisiana - GOP dominates the maps despite repeated court challenges

Kentucky - GOP drawn maps that heavily weight rural districts and dilute urban Dem votes

Utah’s redistricting that split Salt Lake City among the state’s four congressional districts has been tossed by the courts - the current all-GOP gerrymander is now illegal.

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Anonymous wrote:You would think that Democrats could find a state that isn't the most gerrymandered in the nation to flee to in order to protest..... gerrymandering.
LOL!

This is nothing whatsoever fair about the democrat-drawn 13th district; don’t you agree?

Illinois could do this if they wanted to.

We need blue states to do whatever is necessary to save the country.

The blue states have already gerrymandered the hell out of their maps.
Very little they can do.

Blue states with ZERO Republican House seats:

Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Hawaii
New Mexico
Connecticut
Delaware

Blue states with ONE Republican House seat:

Maryland
Oregon
Maine

Blue states with 2-5 Republican House seats:

Colorado
Minnesota
Illinois
Virginia
New Jersey

After that, you only have California & New York

The reason Democrats are screaming for Texas to stop redistricting is because Democrats have almost nothing left to gerrymander

They already rigged the map years ago and hate to see Republicans actually fighting back

Now do the red states with zero blue seats.
Let's also calculate how many people red state seats represent versus how many blue state seats represent.

At the end of the day, the minority in the House represents 56% of the population. The minority in the senate represents 56% of the population. That isn't how this is supposed to work.

This is the bigger issue for the GOP. After Texas there aren't many more games they can play to rig the districts because most red states are already heavily gerrymandered against Democrats.

Texas - already heavily gerrymandered, will be cartoonishly gerrymandered if they add 5 states

Florida - heavily gerrymandered

Wisconsin - one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation, Republicans hold a supermajority despite many statewide Democrat wins

Ohio - GOP holds 75% of seats despite only having 55% vote share

North Carolina - GOP maps repeatedly pushing racial and partisan bias

Utah - GOP-drawn map heavily dilutes Dem vote, particularly SLC

Arkansas - all 4 districts are GOP despite a significant Dem vote share

West Virginia - entire delegation is GOP despite urban Dem presence

Louisiana - GOP dominates the maps despite repeated court challenges

Kentucky - GOP drawn maps that heavily weight rural districts and dilute urban Dem votes

Utah’s redistricting that split Salt Lake City among the state’s four congressional districts has been tossed by the courts - the current all-GOP gerrymander is now illegal.

What is Better Boundaries Initiative and when did it become law?

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Anonymous wrote:You would think that Democrats could find a state that isn't the most gerrymandered in the nation to flee to in order to protest..... gerrymandering.
LOL!

This is nothing whatsoever fair about the democrat-drawn 13th district; don’t you agree?

Illinois could do this if they wanted to.

We need blue states to do whatever is necessary to save the country.

The blue states have already gerrymandered the hell out of their maps.
Very little they can do.

Blue states with ZERO Republican House seats:

Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Hawaii
New Mexico
Connecticut
Delaware

Blue states with ONE Republican House seat:

Maryland
Oregon
Maine

Blue states with 2-5 Republican House seats:

Colorado
Minnesota
Illinois
Virginia
New Jersey

After that, you only have California & New York

The reason Democrats are screaming for Texas to stop redistricting is because Democrats have almost nothing left to gerrymander

They already rigged the map years ago and hate to see Republicans actually fighting back

Now do the red states with zero blue seats.
Let's also calculate how many people red state seats represent versus how many blue state seats represent.

At the end of the day, the minority in the House represents 56% of the population. The minority in the senate represents 56% of the population. That isn't how this is supposed to work.

This is the bigger issue for the GOP. After Texas there aren't many more games they can play to rig the districts because most red states are already heavily gerrymandered against Democrats.

Texas - already heavily gerrymandered, will be cartoonishly gerrymandered if they add 5 states

Florida - heavily gerrymandered

Wisconsin - one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation, Republicans hold a supermajority despite many statewide Democrat wins

Ohio - GOP holds 75% of seats despite only having 55% vote share

North Carolina - GOP maps repeatedly pushing racial and partisan bias

Utah - GOP-drawn map heavily dilutes Dem vote, particularly SLC

Arkansas - all 4 districts are GOP despite a significant Dem vote share

West Virginia - entire delegation is GOP despite urban Dem presence

Louisiana - GOP dominates the maps despite repeated court challenges

Kentucky - GOP drawn maps that heavily weight rural districts and dilute urban Dem votes

Utah’s redistricting that split Salt Lake City among the state’s four congressional districts has been tossed by the courts - the current all-GOP gerrymander is now illegal.

What is Better Boundaries Initiative and when did it become law?

Voters passed a ballot initiative requiring an independent commission for legislative districts in 2018 and then the state legislature threw it out. There’s a timeline here: https://betterboundaries.org/our-history/

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A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.

"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."

Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain

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Anonymous wrote:https://bsky.app/profile/the-downballot.com/post/3m5wdiui4kk27

A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.

"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."

Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain

A trump appointee, BTW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://bsky.app/profile/the-downballot.com/post/3m5wdiui4kk27

A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.

"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."

Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain

Oops.

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Those light pink districts will go blue in a wave election. Republicans put a lot more districts in play with their redistricting. And everything is shaping up for a wave election next November.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://bsky.app/profile/the-downballot.com/post/3m5wdiui4kk27

A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.

"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."

Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain

A trump appointee, BTW.

I think this was a three-judge panel and their only recourse is if the SCOTUS decides to take it up for review.

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Those light pink districts will go blue in a wave election. Republicans put a lot more districts in play with their redistricting. And everything is shaping up for a wave election next November.

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