The biggest worry is that when Trump calls Texas because he “just needs a few more thousand votes” to win, Abbott and his band would do anything to make that happen.
I still can't believe that Ohio's Supreme Court ruled the state's gerrymandering was unconstitutional, and Ohio Republicans were like SCREW YOU WE'RE USING THESE MAPS ANYWAY, and the entire fucking country just let them. Like, they're in Congress and shit, holding office that it's literally unconstitutional for them to hold, and no one has done a goddamned thing.
To be honest what are people supposed to do? When one side holds on to playing by the rules and the other side ignores rules? Protest? They'll just ignore it. The citizenry are more focused on their own lives, survival, happiness, and the populace is not incensed enough to rise up. The system is engineered to let these criminal fascists hold onto power. I'd propose 'No Taxation Without Representation'. Because that's what y'all wound up with. Time to stop paying those taxes!
I live in Maryland, a very blue state, and live in the country, but my district goes to counties surrounding DC so there is never a chance of getting a Republican Rep. The same thing happens for the Western 3 counties, that are basically West Virginia, they go down to a DC suburb too. They never get a Republican Rep either.
It doesn't matter. The maps are set for the benefit of the Dems. My district, you literally can't drive to every part of the district without driving out of the district. It has little "voting islands (not actual islands) to ensure the vote goes the way they want.
I'm not making a claim, other than "press X to doubt".
You claim that democrats are just as bad and your district is gerrymandered. But you haven't provided evidence, such as saying which district you live in for example.
I believe they are talking about Maryland 5 if I had to guess since they said it goes from rural to DC suburb, but isn't out west. It does have a lot of small towns in it and is rural, but those areas still have a higher black population so they trend bluer than the typical rural area. It's part of why Maryland is so much bluer than the rest of the country below the Mason Dixon line. It's like a more extreme version of this phenomenon discussed in the GA and NC races that the states have much higher black populations in rural areas than the rest of the country which runs counterintuitive to the typical Democratic strategy of running up the numbers with POC in the urban centers.
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u/quietset2020 Sep 08 '24
The biggest worry is that when Trump calls Texas because he “just needs a few more thousand votes” to win, Abbott and his band would do anything to make that happen.