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somsai

(199 posts)
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 06:51 PM Aug 2025

Redistricting as in Texas won't hurt our midterms much [View all]

Says Nate Cohen
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/upshot/texas-map-redistricting-republicans-house.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fk8.1Cgx.dqeDPenOnm_H&smid=url-share
and Ruy Teixeira
https://www.thefp.com/p/the-real-threat-to-democrats-isnt-redistricting-politics-congress?utm_medium=organic-social&utm_source=twitter
Our advantages are far more than three districts in TX. We are better positioned than when we won 40 seats in 2018. We won the 2022 mid terms despite getting fewer votes. Obviously three, or five, seats make things harder, but nowhere near 2022. Of course losing the working class and almost half of Hispanics is much more serious.

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We won the 2022 midterms? FBaggins Aug 2025 #1
We gained in the US senate and state houses somsai Aug 2025 #4
What working class? JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #2
The working class is by far the largest voting demographic somsai Aug 2025 #5
That 59% JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #6
PS Those three districts JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #3
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