Texas Republicans unveil congressional map that could gift them five seats

[Anonymous]

Hmmm I noticed that no one posted about the Florida GOP’s stealth unconstitutional partisan redistricting yesterday designed to get them four additional seats, putting the delegation at 24-4 in favor of Republicans (it’s already 20-8 now) despite an amendment to the state constitution banning partisan gerrymandering. It has now passed.

Meanwhile, New York is up but not until next time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm I noticed that no one posted about the Florida GOP’s stealth unconstitutional partisan redistricting yesterday designed to get them four additional seats, putting the delegation at 24-4 in favor of Republicans (it’s already 20-8 now) despite an amendment to the state constitution banning partisan gerrymandering. It has now passed.

Meanwhile, New York is up but not until next time.

You know this map is crap and heavily gerrymandered. Gadsden County is 60% Black and used to have a Democratic Black congressperson. It has now been gerrymandered and smashed into another county, and it is all red. Yeah right. Tallahassee has an educated population with two major universities, and it is now red. Same for Gainesville. How is Tampa, Lauderdale, Orlando, and St Pete now solidly red? How do they create these maps? Crazy.

[Anonymous]

So… if Virginia’s redistricting is overturned, Florida adopts its redistricting, and southern states pursue redistricting based on today’s SCOTUS ruling, Republicans will gain about 20 House seats? Sounds like a good recipe for one-party rule.

[Anonymous]

in a Dem +8 to +12 election like 2026 is likely to be, many of these new gerrymandered seats will stay blue and likely several currently solid GOP seats would also turn blue. IOW another potential dummymander.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So… if Virginia’s redistricting is overturned, Florida adopts its redistricting, and southern states pursue redistricting based on today’s SCOTUS ruling, Republicans will gain about 20 House seats? Sounds like a good recipe for one-party rule.

Jim Crow is alive and well.

[Anonymous]

Black folks, let’s just offer ourselves for the slaughter. There is no point to life for us anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Black folks, let’s just offer ourselves for the slaughter. There is no point to life for us anyway.

don't give MAGA what it wants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Black folks, let’s just offer ourselves for the slaughter. There is no point to life for us anyway.

Please don't lose hope. A lot of us (white folks) are in it with you.

[Anonymous]

We are basically in a cold civil war right now, and the deck is stacked for the red states/GOP.

[Anonymous]

GOTV- when we vote, we can win

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm I noticed that no one posted about the Florida GOP’s stealth unconstitutional partisan redistricting yesterday designed to get them four additional seats, putting the delegation at 24-4 in favor of Republicans (it’s already 20-8 now) despite an amendment to the state constitution banning partisan gerrymandering. It has now passed.

Meanwhile, New York is up but not until next time.

It was New York that started the mid-decade redistricting this time around.
Florida and Texas had maps that violated equal protection laws, plus Florida had a massive population change since the 2020 census.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So… if Virginia’s redistricting is overturned, Florida adopts its redistricting, and southern states pursue redistricting based on today’s SCOTUS ruling, Republicans will gain about 20 House seats? Sounds like a good recipe for one-party rule.

Jim Crow is alive and well.

Democrats used the Voting Rigthts Act section 2 for their partisan advantage. They don't want to create too many minority seats as it would turn into a gerrymander where their voters are packed into districts, but they also want to use it where they can to claim discrimination and get more seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm I noticed that no one posted about the Florida GOP’s stealth unconstitutional partisan redistricting yesterday designed to get them four additional seats, putting the delegation at 24-4 in favor of Republicans (it’s already 20-8 now) despite an amendment to the state constitution banning partisan gerrymandering. It has now passed.

Meanwhile, New York is up but not until next time.

It was New York that started the mid-decade redistricting this time around.
Florida and Texas had maps that violated equal protection laws, plus Florida had a massive population change since the 2020 census.

Bullsh!t. New York’s map, based on the 2020 census, spent a ton of time going through the courts which was why it was adopted late relative to other states. No one told them to redistrict again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm I noticed that no one posted about the Florida GOP’s stealth unconstitutional partisan redistricting yesterday designed to get them four additional seats, putting the delegation at 24-4 in favor of Republicans (it’s already 20-8 now) despite an amendment to the state constitution banning partisan gerrymandering. It has now passed.

Meanwhile, New York is up but not until next time.

It was New York that started the mid-decade redistricting this time around.
Florida and Texas had maps that violated equal protection laws, plus Florida had a massive population change since the 2020 census.

Bullsh!t. New York’s map, based on the 2020 census, spent a ton of time going through the courts which was why it was adopted late relative to other states. No one told them to redistrict again.

^^^

[Anonymous]

I guess the GOP is fine with states like Oregon, Washington, Maryland, California and Illinois simply ensuring there are no GOP house members from those states?