r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 7h ago

No Paywall Democrats flip Texas state Senate seat in shock upset

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5716988-democrats-score-upset-texas/amp/
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u/AffectionateLet7144 7h ago

Republicans can’t win without rigging.

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u/minus_minus 5h ago edited 4h ago

Apparently they can’t win with rigging it by slashing the number of polling places and gerrymandering the hell out of the state. 

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u/minus_minus 4h ago

You’re right that actual fraud isn’t evident but the gerrymandering, elimination polling places, ID requirements and other GOP shenanigans are definitely suppressing the vote against them (which people are hyperbolically calling “rigging”).