Not all the races are called yet, but state-wide Texas was +5 or +6 Dem in down ballot races like Lt Gov, railroad commissioner, & AG. Yet it looks like 60-70% of the 38 US house seats will remain Republican. That’s still gerrymandered AF.
The headline and reference to flipped seats make it seem like their gerrymandering didn’t work… It just didn’t work as well as it could have.
A +1 win and a +11 win have the same outcomes (absent court fuckery, which is still possible).
The gerrymandering will still be a problem over the next 2-6 years if the Dems look like they’ve done nothing, and everyone forgets that the problems with the Republicans don’t stop with trump.
Because people are pissed off in unity now. Complete r control of every branch of government and the rot was apparent.
But what happens when data centers have a lot of hurdles, lawsuits and roadblocks cause of dem laws (which they should, ftr)? Stocks for the tech giants go down and the entire economy may see a downturn since we are living on the falsities of their current claims and expansions.
And when there is an inevitable record long gov shutdown causing pain?
It will be fresh in minds that a historic blue wave happened and then bad shit happened. People will lose context and motivation since there isn’t a unified party to hate.
Not saying it will definitely happen, but very easy to see a lower turnout with trump not on the ballot and what I mentioned above, then the gerrymander all of a sudden has it’s intended effect
The gerrymandering will still be in place for '28. The new Dems have 2 years to use their newfound soapbox to push the party forward.
Not all the races are called yet, but state-wide Texas was +5 or +6 Dem in down ballot races like Lt Gov, railroad commissioner, & AG. Yet it looks like 60-70% of the 38 US house seats will remain Republican. That’s still gerrymandered AF.
The headline and reference to flipped seats make it seem like their gerrymandering didn’t work… It just didn’t work as well as it could have.
A +1 win and a +11 win have the same outcomes (absent court fuckery, which is still possible).
The gerrymandering will still be a problem over the next 2-6 years if the Dems look like they’ve done nothing, and everyone forgets that the problems with the Republicans don’t stop with trump.
Why would it work then and not now?
Because people are pissed off in unity now. Complete r control of every branch of government and the rot was apparent.
But what happens when data centers have a lot of hurdles, lawsuits and roadblocks cause of dem laws (which they should, ftr)? Stocks for the tech giants go down and the entire economy may see a downturn since we are living on the falsities of their current claims and expansions.
And when there is an inevitable record long gov shutdown causing pain?
It will be fresh in minds that a historic blue wave happened and then bad shit happened. People will lose context and motivation since there isn’t a unified party to hate.
Not saying it will definitely happen, but very easy to see a lower turnout with trump not on the ballot and what I mentioned above, then the gerrymander all of a sudden has it’s intended effect
Let’s be honest, a ton of people voted based primarily on current gas prices.
Just because that sentiment overwhelmed the gerrymandering yesterday doesn’t mean it will in the future.