Why is Texas a red state? This may shock some…

[BabaVoss]

Why? Because republicans are very good at redistricting to benefit their party. Why do I say this?

• Total Registered Voters: 17,323,617
• Democrats: 8,054,976 (46.50%)
• Republicans: 6,574,201 (37.95%)

Texas has almost 1,5 million more registered democrats than republicans.
But now they want even more misrepresentation, so they want to cheat and misrepresent Texans even more.

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[Cosmo]

So how did Trump win TX? Kamala must have been one shit candidate.

 

[dseag2]

Thank you for this. I live in Dallas and I sometimes get tired of the hate against Texas. But at the same time I understand it. We have some of the most corrupt, slimeball RePube politicians in the country. If it wasn't for gerrymandering we would be a Blue state.

 

[RedAkston]

There are a lot of independents in TX and they don't side with the dems most of the time. That being said, TX isn't as red a state as it used to be.

 

[roberthughey]

Why? Because republicans are very good at redistricting to benefit their party. Why do I say this?

• Total Registered Voters: 17,323,617
• Democrats: 8,054,976 (46.50%)
• Republicans: 6,574,201 (37.95%)

Texas has almost 1,5 million more registered democrats than republicans.
But now they want even more misrepresentation, so they want to cheat and misrepresent Texans even more.

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The other 15% of the register voters are not democrats or republicans.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Yeah Larry Kilgore is a product of Mansfield, TX.
I lived in Mansfield from about mid-2000 to 2012.

 

[CLAX1911]

Why? Because republicans are very good at redistricting to benefit their party. Why do I say this?

• Total Registered Voters: 17,323,617
• Democrats: 8,054,976 (46.50%)
• Republicans: 6,574,201 (37.95%)

Texas has almost 1,5 million more registered democrats than republicans.
But now they want even more misrepresentation, so they want to cheat and misrepresent Texans even more.

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Cheating? What laws are they breaking?

 

[CLAX1911]

The other 15% of the register voters are not democrats or republicans.

Let's also not forget sometimes registered Democrats vote Republican.

Many of them stay home.

But I'm willing to bet 95% of them are in about four districts maybe a little more because there's more districts than just one in certain cities.

 

[Utility Man]

Wonder how many would say "better off red than dead".



Why vote for a civil war when you can just go with the flow, let them have their way.

 

[roberthughey]

Let's also not forget sometimes registered Democrats vote Republican.

Many of them stay home.

But I'm willing to bet 95% of them are in about four districts maybe a little more because there's more districts than just one in certain cities.

Or they are spread out across the state

 

[humbolt]

Or they are spread out across the state

This is how the democrats do it in Maryland:

 

[multivita-man]

There are a lot of independents in TX and they don't side with the dems most of the time. That being said, TX isn't as red a state as it used to be.

TX and CA have a recreational hatred for each other, and yet they're probably a lot more a like than they'd ever care to admit. TX is definitely right-leaning, but it's got pockets of left in the cities (Austin and Houston, infamously) and a lot of somewhere in between. I remember Ann Richards, the last Democratic governor in that state. She only won because she ran against someone who was, at the time, considered to be a toxic candidate in Clayton Williams.

I'd say California's the inverse of that. Obviously, very left in the cities of SF and LA and in some of the cities all over the state. As liberal as everyone thinks the Bay Area is, Silicon Valley and SF itself have a ruthlessly cut-throat corporate culture that is anything but liberal. Same with Los Angeles. And if you get out into the burbs (So-Cal or Nor-Cal), where all those multi-million dollar homes are, they're moderate at most, but quite often center-right or even far-right in some cases. Once you get away from the coast, California is quite different, parts of it resembling Kansas or Texas more than what people think of as California. And Klamath-Siskiyou is like a whole 'nother state (Jefferson, they call it).

 

[multivita-man]

This is how the democrats do it in Maryland:

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Yeah, once you get out of DC-Baltimore, Maryland is pretty red. Even more so than Virginia, I'd say, because Virginia has other cities throughout the state, such as Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Charlottesville. I guess there's Annapolis, but beyond the immediate DC suburbs and Baltimore, that's about it.

 

[RedAkston]

It could also be that democrats didn't turn out to vote for Harris like republicans turned out to vote for Trump.

Texas voter turnout falls in 2024 election despite record registration numbers

A historic 18.6 million Texans were registered to vote in the 2024 election, and 61% cast ballots, a nearly 6% drop from the 2020 presidential race.

www.texastribune.org

Solid red counties (61.6% voter turnout)
Big blue counties (49.9% voter turnout)
Total voter turnout (57.1%) - almost 10% less than in 2020 and almost 2.5% less than in 2016

"Gerrymandering" is done by both parties. Look no further than Illinois' state map as exhibit 'A'.

Illinois's congressional districts - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[multivita-man]

It could also be that democrats didn't turn out to vote for Harris like republicans turned out to vote for Trump.

I think this is the bottom line.

 

[humbolt]

Yeah, once you get out of DC-Baltimore, Maryland is pretty red. Even more so than Virginia, I'd say, because Virginia has other cities throughout the state, such as Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Charlottesville. I guess there's Annapolis, but beyond the immediate DC suburbs and Baltimore, that's about it.

The more rural areas across the country generally lean red - flyover country for many. I think most people agree that contorted districts for political advantage don’t serve the needs of the people living in them. It’s a Catch 22, because the legislation required to eliminate such stuff would potentially be dictated by the very people who benefit from it.

 

[Bok Tuklo]

You don't register to vote by party in Texas.

 

[Perotista]

Why? Because republicans are very good at redistricting to benefit their party. Why do I say this?

• Total Registered Voters: 17,323,617
• Democrats: 8,054,976 (46.50%)
• Republicans: 6,574,201 (37.95%)

Texas has almost 1,5 million more registered democrats than republicans.
But now they want even more misrepresentation, so they want to cheat and misrepresent Texans even more.

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I suppose having more democrat registered to vote than republicans is possible. But it comes down to how people vote, that their party registration. Here’s how Texas has voted in the presidential elections

2024 Trump 56%, Harris 42%

2020 Trump 52%, Biden 46%

2016 Trump 52%, Clinton 42%,

2012 Romney 57%, Obama 41%

2008 McCain 55%, Obama 44%

And so on. How Texas votes in presidential elections has nothing to do with gerrymandering or redistricting. How people vote has nothing to do with which party they have registered as. In the house election, this is how Texas has voted.

2024 republicans 59%, democrats 40%

2022 republicans 59%, democrats 39%

2020 republicans 53%, democrats 44%

2018 republicans 51%, democrats 47%

2016 republicans 57%, democrats 37%

And so on. As you can see with or without gerrymandering and regardless of voter registration republican candidate has always received a heap more votes than democrats regardless of whether it’s the presidential or the midterm U.S. House elections.

 

[JMB1911A1]

Yeah, once you get out of DC-Baltimore, Maryland is pretty red. Even more so than Virginia, I'd say, because Virginia has other cities throughout the state, such as Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Charlottesville. I guess there's Annapolis, but beyond the immediate DC suburbs and Baltimore, that's about it.

Then why is the MD delegation 6-1 in favor of Democrats and they want to gerrymander the last Republican away.

Oh, that’s right, Democrats have gerrymandered MD for decades.

 

[Perotista]

Why? Because republicans are very good at redistricting to benefit their party. Why do I say this?

• Total Registered Voters: 17,323,617
• Democrats: 8,054,976 (46.50%)
• Republicans: 6,574,201 (37.95%)

Texas has almost 1,5 million more registered democrats than republicans.
But now they want even more misrepresentation, so they want to cheat and misrepresent Texans even more.

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Texas is like my home state of Georgia, we don’t register by party, we just register to vote. In Texas, you do not declare a political party at the time of voter registration. In a primary election, you will select the Republican or Democrat ballot at the polling place. Note: If there is a runoff election, you may only participate if you selected that party’s ballot in the primary.

 

[Str8shooter]

Why? Because republicans are very good at redistricting to benefit their party. Why do I say this?

• Total Registered Voters: 17,323,617
• Democrats: 8,054,976 (46.50%)
• Republicans: 6,574,201 (37.95%)

Texas has almost 1,5 million more registered democrats than republicans.
But now they want even more misrepresentation, so they want to cheat and misrepresent Texans even more.

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... and in Illinois, 45%-47% of the state voted Republican but Democratic Party gerrymandering blocks the representation of these voters. It is a game both parties play.

 

[multivita-man]

Then why is the MD delegation 6-1 in favor of Democrats and they want to gerrymander the last Republican away.

Oh, that’s right, Democrats have gerrymandered MD for decades.

Not at all disagreeing that Dems gerrymander. I think it should be disallowed - period.

 

[Jay59]

Why? Because republicans are very good at redistricting to benefit their party. Why do I say this?

• Total Registered Voters: 17,323,617
• Democrats: 8,054,976 (46.50%)
• Republicans: 6,574,201 (37.95%)

Texas has almost 1,5 million more registered democrats than republicans.
But now they want even more misrepresentation, so they want to cheat and misrepresent Texans even more.

You are working with incomplete information, so it's not surprising that you reached the wrong conclusion.

There are a lot of independents in TX and they don't side with the dems most of the time. That being said, TX isn't as red a state as it used to be.

The primary rules encourage it.

Independents can choose either ballot.

 

[roberthughey]

It could also be that democrats didn't turn out to vote for Harris like republicans turned out to vote for Trump.

That's exactly what happened.

Trump's vote count increased nearly 3 million over 2020.

Harris's vote count was around 6 million less then Biden's in 2020.

A nearly 9 million vote swing in Trumps/Republicans favor.

 

[dairyair]

Why? Because republicans are very good at redistricting to benefit their party. Why do I say this?

• Total Registered Voters: 17,323,617
• Democrats: 8,054,976 (46.50%)
• Republicans: 6,574,201 (37.95%)

Texas has almost 1,5 million more registered democrats than republicans.
But now they want even more misrepresentation, so they want to cheat and misrepresent Texans even more.

.

If that were true, they'd have a D gov.
Perhaps at least 1 D senator.

They can rig districts, they can't rig total votes. Well, they probably can some how.