Edit: Title updated. It has officially passed both the state assembly and the senate. It’s officially going to be on the California ballot in November.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Okay so a red state is redder and a blue state is bluer.

    Let me know when Michigan, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, PA, GA and more join the wave.

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        7 hours ago

        There are more registered Democrats than there are Republicans in Texas, but somehow the votes don’t reflect the fact.

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        13 hours ago

        I think it was on the verge of going blue back in the early aughts and then they gerrymandered a majority for themselves ever since.

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      18 hours ago

      This is important because it helps preserve the house of representative political party ratio so the GOO doesn’t gerrymander themselves to a supermajority in the midterms.

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        On top of that, the new red districts in Texas who aren’t exactly happy about this change are not exactly a lock. California district changes very likely are. There’s a slim but possible upset against maga in this whole maneuver.

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      18 hours ago

      The blue state ain’t bluer yet. State senate has to ok it, the voters have to approve in November.

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        16 hours ago

        Hey there youngin.

        Must have not been an adult in the year 2000 or 2004.

        NH is a very important swing state, despite its lack of electoral votes.

        Google it or something.

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          I was not an adult then, but I have literally lived in NH. I was merely pointing out that NH can’t exactly get more blue (other than maybe getting some better dems than the current ones) because they have 2 dem senators and 2 dem house reps.

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              No, it doesn’t. Gerrymandering is the redrawing of congressional districts for the House of Representatives.

              Congressional districts aren’t used in presidential elections.

              Take your own advice and Google it or something.