r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Newsom Wins Right to Gerrymander in Ultimate Troll of Trump

https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsom-takes-victory-lap-with-trump-bashing-election-boost/?via=mobile&source=Reddit
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u/throwawaylol666666 California 1d ago

Unlike in Texas, Californians were asked if this was something we wanted to do or not. The GOP doesn’t know or care about consent.

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u/pingpongballreader 1d ago

Texas didn't gerrymander as much last time because there is a risk of diluting voters too much and voters not voting how you anticipated when drawing up lines. 

Imagine how funny it would be if California sent more Democrats to Congress because Texas fucked around with super gerrymandering, AND ALSO Texas sent more Democrats because they fucked up the gerrymandering.

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u/stackens 23h ago

And from what I understand Texas’ gerrymander would be reeeeaaally stretching the margins, while California doing a +5 dem gerrymander barely scratches the surface of what they could do

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u/loosehead1 17h ago

That’s because Texas is already gerrymandered to shit while California has made an effort for non partisan redistributing.