Texas Republicans unveil congressional map that could gift them five seats

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And alito put a stay on the federal court order. But either way I’m not sure this is going to be a win for the GOP in Texas. It’s getting messy.

Even of the courts uphold the new lines, a +13 shift to the dems put a lot of these seats at risk.

I will laugh so hard if this is the thing that swings Texas blue.

It's not a swing state, but they made all of the districts more Latino leaning thinking that they could pull brown people off the street and they would stick with Donald Trump. NJ told us that they are rethinking their decisions.

They really took every opportunity to alienate as many voters as they could.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

WSJ:
“The Supreme Court will allow Texas to use a congressional map that adds as many as five Republican seats for next year’s midterm elections, boosting the GOP’s chances of retaining control of the House of Representatives.
The justices on Thursday set aside a lower court decision from last month that had blocked the new electoral lines and ordered Texas to use its existing ones. The lower court found that the new map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, but the Supreme Court said that decision appeared to be wrong.”

[Anonymous]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/politics/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-trump-backed-congressional-map-in-midterms

The Texas map is reinstated. The activist judges take yet another loss at the Supreme Court.

[Anonymous]

This is not a surprise from the worst SCOTUS sense the Taney Court. It reeks with corruption.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/politics/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-trump-backed-congressional-map-in-midterms

The Texas map is reinstated. The activist judges take yet another loss at the Supreme Court.

Be careful what you wish for MAGA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WSJ:
“The Supreme Court will allow Texas to use a congressional map that adds as many as five Republican seats for next year’s midterm elections, boosting the GOP’s chances of retaining control of the House of Representatives.
The justices on Thursday set aside a lower court decision from last month that had blocked the new electoral lines and ordered Texas to use its existing ones. The lower court found that the new map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, but the Supreme Court said that decision did not get the appropriate funding from their backers.”

Fix it for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And alito put a stay on the federal court order. But either way I’m not sure this is going to be a win for the GOP in Texas. It’s getting messy.

Even of the courts uphold the new lines, a +13 shift to the dems put a lot of these seats at risk.

I will laugh so hard if this is the thing that swings Texas blue.

It's not a swing state, but they made all of the districts more Latino leaning thinking that they could pull brown people off the street and they would stick with Donald Trump. NJ told us that they are rethinking their decisions.

They really took every opportunity to alienate as many voters as they could.

Literally. FAFO when they notice that they can't mass deport citizens despite their efforts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WSJ:
“The Supreme Court will allow Texas to use a congressional map that adds as many as five Republican seats for next year’s midterm elections, boosting the GOP’s chances of retaining control of the House of Representatives.
The justices on Thursday set aside a lower court decision from last month that had blocked the new electoral lines and ordered Texas to use its existing ones. The lower court found that the new map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, but the Supreme Court said that decision did not get the appropriate funding from their backers.”

Fix it for you.

FWIW they noted in this decision that the California redistricting will likely stand also.

[Anonymous]

The irony is that the 12 point shift left in the other elections, if it holds in Texas, will not turn these seats red.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WSJ:
“The Supreme Court will allow Texas to use a congressional map that adds as many as five Republican seats for next year’s midterm elections, boosting the GOP’s chances of retaining control of the House of Representatives.
The justices on Thursday set aside a lower court decision from last month that had blocked the new electoral lines and ordered Texas to use its existing ones. The lower court found that the new map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, but the Supreme Court said that decision appeared to be wrong.”

Not a surprise at all. SCOTUS is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican Party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that the 12 point shift left in the other elections, if it holds in Texas, will not turn these seats red.

+1

All this topographical chicanery may very well backfire on the GOP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that the 12 point shift left in the other elections, if it holds in Texas, will not turn these seats red.

+1

All this topographical chicanery may very well backfire on the GOP.

Dream on baby.
Bonus result is that Jasmine Crockett will be relegated to a contributor on MSNow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The irony is that the 12 point shift left in the other elections, if it holds in Texas, will not turn these seats red.

+1

All this topographical chicanery may very well backfire on the GOP.

Dream on baby.
Bonus result is that Jasmine Crockett will be relegated to a contributor on MSNow.

The new maps were made by spreading Latino voters across more districts, with the presumption that those voters would swing toward Republicans the same way they did in 2024. But all polling now shows those voters have some of the biggest swings AWAY from the GOP.

If you have some contrary data on this point, feel free to share it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/politics/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-trump-backed-congressional-map-in-midterms

The Texas map is reinstated. The activist judges take yet another loss at the Supreme Court.

The judge who deemed this a racial gerrymandering is a Trump appointee.