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Republican Popularity Falls to Lowest Level in Years

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Republican popularity falls to lowest level in years

According to a new poll, the proportion of people who intend to vote for the Republican Party has declined.
www.newsweek.com


This is why Republicans in Texas are redrawing the state's district lines (gerrymandering) as I post this. States normally redraw their districts every 10 years after the US Census is complete. The next US Census is in 2030.

But if Texas Republicans can get away with doing it again now, in mid-decade, they can pick up another 5 House seats by gerrymandering just before the 2026 midterm elections.

The Republicans are cheating. Again.
 
It is cheating, it's also a dangerous precedent. It's also not going to work. Dems in Dem states need to threaten and respond in kind because one party ramping up and the other doing nothing isn't working. Mutually assured destruction seems to be on the only thing those ghouls understand.

At the end of the day though, I doubt they can out gerrymander what's coming.
 

It is not mutually assured anything. Republicans hold more states than Democrats. If this is allowed, Republicans stand to gain more than Democrats.

Democrats need to stand up for what is right and do a better job of communicating the situation to voters.
 
iliveonramen said:
It is cheating, it's also a dangerous precedent. It's also not going to work.
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It won't, and it will.

Both Democrats and Republicans gerrymander. The difference is that several Democratic states, notably California, have spent years devising non-partisan redistricting plans. And now, Republicans are nakedly redrawing lines for partisan reasons.

In one sense, Democrats will redraw their lines, if TX goes through with their attempted gerrymandering. It's also very plausible that the TX redistricting will backfire, at least in part because they are going to assume they'll hold onto all the Hispanic voters they gained in the 2024 election. If they are wrong (which is kind of likely....) then they might end up making some of those districts more competitive.

However, they are also rather deliberately eroding America's democracy and corroding faith in elections.... which I'd say is almost as important a goal as holding onto the House in 2026.

iliveonramen said:
Dems in Dem states need to threaten and respond in kind because one party ramping up and the other doing nothing isn't working.
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Well... The problem is that all of this "Constitutional Hardball" erodes democratic norms. Even if Democrats win the house in 2026, the effects down the line may be disastrous.
 
I haven't seen both major political parties is this much hot water in my long history. If there is a moment in recent times for serious third party resurgence, this is it!

Don't be surprised come 2028-2030 elections if Libertarian, Green Party/social workers Constitutional party or a brand new party sees exponential growth in membership, not to mention the increase in independents. I also would not be surprised if they all cancel each other out on election nite .

I do see this impacting legislative bodies dependent on a two party delineation for control of the gavels etc. Those caucus meetings could get very interesting with so many floaters drifting in and out of the Dem and Pub invitation list to caucuses.
 
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Call me a cynic, but I still see them winning elections despite the very obvious bad stuff for the American people. I think the bad stuff from their side is the point, and has been their plan for at least 15 years. Then throw in a black dem being president for 8 years, and they lost their ever loving racist minds. Now they are showing open support for civil war, racism, and criminal government. They aren't righting any wrongs, they are fascists, plain and simple, and believe me, most of them are quite simple. Because of that it should be very easy to get them into jail on very long prison sentences. We will, of course, have to get a supermajority in Congress, remove SCOTUS justices complicit with the sedition and it will take some time. Otherwise...
 
The GOP have given the Dems a huge gift. Something to rally around and energize the base. Several Governors are out there rallying the troops and they seem to be getting a lot of good feedback. Given it was primarily the Dems who were bringing the Dems numbers down I suspect we will see those numbers climb as the Dems unite around a common issue. I think the Dem voter turnout in the midterms will be mind blowing.
 
I don't see any positive outcome of one side adhering to norms and the other completely ignoring them. The current Supreme Court make up is because McConnell ignored norms and stopped Obama from selecting a judge. Now we have a court that is highly partisan and continually ruling in a partisan manner.

This is the world we live in, rather than actually pass things people want, or distance themselves from a very unpopular president, they want to redraw the lines. They're barely giving lip service to doing the will of the majority. This dire stuff and history is full of instances where authoritarian parties and regimes pushed the norms to benefit themselves and the other side stuck to norms acting like it was some shield. It's not. We've entered a new world.
 
Wait for it, countdown to............................

Who cares?
Fake, liberal leaning polls.
Because of MSM.
Hatred and TDS.
Newsweek, come on, some leftist rag.
Whatabout............... Joe Biden, whatabout LA riots, whatabout woke ideology, whatabout.............. something something

OR....................

Taylor said:
Lol - this is newsworthy?
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Well, THAT was predictable
 
iliveonramen said:
I don't see any positive outcome of one side adhering to norms and the other completely ignoring them.
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And again, the problem is that this is going to erode norms, erode faith in elections, erode democracy, and takes away any Democratic arguments about standing on a moral high ground.

This is not an esoteric or abstract or idealist issue. It's a real-world consequence. Meaning even if Republicans lose in the short term, the authoritarians will win another battle. No matter how you slice it, that's not a good thing.
 
The only poll that counts is the election.
 
Newsom has already said if this passes in Texas, california will redistrict as will other blue states.
 
So, what exactly happens on the other side of Republicans consistently breaking norms to gain power. No matter how bad they get, all it seems to take is some inflation or maybe a recession before they are back in power turning those dials.
 
I hope we are past that and we play the same kind of hardball they play.
 
If you haven't noticed trump started destroying norms in his first term and has continued the same in his second. I for one hope the Democrats don't just stand around and watch them gerrymander their way to complete power of government.
 
Wait till folks in the gop really start feeling trump's way of governing.
 
bongsaway said:
If you haven't noticed trump started destroying norms in his first term and has continued the same in his second.
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I have noticed. Yet again, I'm just pointing out that Democrats destroying norms will have consequences. Maybe you should keep that in mind when egging them on.
 

Land masses don't vote, people vote.

 
2026 is the GOP's last chance to purge the Trump vomit from Congress.
 
Peacenik said:
Naturally, because two wrongs make a right.
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If we do nothing but play by the rules of civility and the republicans don't, what do you think the eventual outcome will be within twelve years? A country completely controlled by folks like trump and his goons and don't you dare speak out against it unless you want to be punished to the fullest extent of their laws.
 
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