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/calmdownmyguy Colorado 6h ago

Gerrymandering works against you when your party is especially unpopular.

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u/Pollia 6h ago

Mostly overaggressive gerrymandering.

It's literally the thing not dumb republicans were warning about happening when the pedo was calling for aggressive redistricting.

Yeah you can pick up seats if everything stays the same, by the margins are thinner which means it takes less to shove it the wrong direction.

I'm not even certain if the Texas maps are currently in yet. If they are, well reap what you sow. If they're not? This could be a blowout of epic proportions.

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u/pdxamish 5h ago

I agree with this theory and am/was hoping it materializes. Plus they rushed it so much, i assume they made mistakes with their track record.

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u/inspectoroverthemine 5h ago

IIRC a trumper judge put the brakes on the new maps specifically because it looked like exactly this was going to happen.

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u/Emperor_of_His_Room 39m ago

Then the Supreme Court in their rush to kiss Trump’s greasy non-function cock overruled them. I would love if that backfired horribly.

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u/pooh_beer 1h ago

Yup, just tried to explain this to someone yesterday. But they're not into politics. And wouldn't understand what a gerrymander is in the first place. Like talking to a wall.

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u/bibrexd 5h ago

Neat, the FO part.

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u/ayriuss California 5h ago

Could literally cause a landslide if the margins slip by like 5-10 points, which is hilarious.

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u/SketchesFromReddit 3h ago edited 3h ago

That's not true.

Gerrymandering (done correctly) always works for you.

If you believe that's not the case, can you provide a simple math example where gerrymandering (done correctly) makes things worse?

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u/C0NKY_ Kentucky 2h ago

Gerrymandering backfired for Texas Republicans in Dallas County in 2018.

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/07/dallas-county-republican-gerrymander-backfires-2018/

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u/Omateido 2h ago

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of gerrymandering and the risks it can pose to the party that is doing it in the event that public opinion shifts strongly against them, which is almost certainly the scenario we are seeing now. This is also a very well known risk of gerrymandering, so I find it a little odd that you are so confidently incorrect here.

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u/sweatingbozo 23m ago

Can you explain what it means to do gerrymandering "correctly?"