Schlimmster Gerrymander in der Geschichte von Texas
Von BitterWheel471
Schlimmster Gerrymander in der Geschichte von Texas
Von BitterWheel471
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All gerrymandering should be illegal. Representation should be made as proportional as possible. AI could easily draw the lines that way.
Well well welll
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas)
Texas was gerrymandered for the democratic party till the 2000s and the Republicans won a minority of seats even in near wave elections.
The 2003 mid-decade redistricting move by the Republicans was meant to fix this gerrymander. Texas elected Republicans to every single major state-wide office, but it was still sending more Democrats to the US Congress than Republicans.
This led to a lot of drama with the Democrats fleeing the state to try to prevent the redistricting plan.
Interesting how the GOP in Texas were so upset in 1994 they sued under the voting rights act.
I miss when MapPorn was interesting…..enough of the political shite
Worst gerrymander….so far
What have you done for me lately?
Have you seen the map of California?
This doesn’t even look real
Why don’t they just have everyone in a given state vote, and then split the number of seats returned to the house via the percentages gained, using a select list,? So you would have 30 candidates for 30 seats in rank order (presumably voted for by party members?), and then if you get 50% of the vote, you return the top 15 people in that list as elected members of the house, as does the other party on it’s own select list?
Seems a really easy way to stop all this, though I do understand neither party actually wants to end gerrymandering, rather they both just want to use it to their own advantage as much as they can.
When do they stand up and arm themselves against the tyrannical government or is that more of a cosplay thing?
Yeah, it wild how things change, look at how the congressional districts voted in the last election [Congressional Districts results 2024 Presidential Election ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas)
I dunno, modern Illinois still looks worse in my opinion.
It’s interesting to look at some of the urban early 1990s districts in detail: there’s some real works of art, literally going block by block trying to pick out neighborhoods by race under an extremely aggressive interpretation of the VRA. After a bunch of lawsuits against the districts in TX and other states, they eventually redrew the districts to something slightly more normal.
This has always been such bullshit. You don’t get to decide your district other than by moving from one to another
How is this legal? America is so fucked
I’m so happy that my country doesn’t have those problems
This is part of why I’m so curious and personally excited to see the Republican efforts in Texas today backfire tremendously.
They’re engineering a gerrymander based on the most recent election data where Trump saw his victory. What’s hilarious (outside of the blatant stupidity in that approach) is the number one group we’re seeing a turnabout in support for Trump is in the vote Republicans were so excited over: Hispanics.
The man managed to run the most aggressive and targeted campaign in modern memory on a voting bloc that put him into office, and here then Republicans go about with an effort to seize power on the stupidest basis possible. I honestly wish more analysts would acknowledge this in the midst of all the panicking but hey, if it helps bring about further redistricting elsewhere to help Dems then I can’t complain too much.
Districts should be cut based on County lines.
whatever you do.. dont look at about 10 other states like nj ma il ny ca… all dumb
Texas is only FOLLOWING Democrats lead over the past 20 years. Show us the highly secretive algorithm used in the 2020 census which disproportionately counted blue states
America needs a European style Parliament in my opinion
It’s almost like it goes back and forth and maybe a better system would be an independent commission…too late now though, Texas shit the bed making Prop 50 a necessity to equalize their bonehead move. How about after this bullshit that’s about to play out in both states, let’s both get back to a system where the people elect representatives, not gerrymandered maps.
Gaining seats by gaining population is not “gerrymandering” Ca changing congressional districts after a massive loss of population is,,, get it??? Doubt you do but those are the facts
Post and ghost
Remember kids: Texas is not a red state, it is a non voting state.
Wait until the Voting Rights Act falls. You could theoretically have an entirely red Texas.
While it is *technically* true that both parties have historically gerrymandered while in power… gerrymandering in recent times has been mostly by Republicans and has been to an unprecedented degree. Look up the REDMAP project to see what I’m talking about
Outlaw gerrymandering, lobbying, and instill term limits to all elected officials, including the Supreme Court and America chases for the good overnight.
These are the mechanisms the 1% use to perpetuate their money and power grab.
I look at Ontario’s riding map and it just doesn’t help my Canadian smugness.
Worst so far!
It was cool and hip when the Democrats did it. People thought it was cute.
Yeah, but read up on who most of those Democrats were.
TX-02: Charlie Wilson, an “unapologetic sexist, chauvinistic redneck,” was most famous for being the most fanatical war hawk in Congress.
TX-04: Ralph Hall, switched to the Republican Party in 2004.
TX-12: Pete Geren, another war hawk who ended up being appointed by George W. Bush to multiple defense roles.
Etc., etc., etc.
The Democratic Party, especially in Texas, was *always* conservative.
So let’s not project recent assumptions on the distant past.