Question about gerrymandering. What would happen if some number of Dems who'd been packed (such as in Texas) moved to very low-populated rural districts and continued registering and voting blue? For example, from Central Texas to the Rio Grande Valley.
Question about gerrymandering. What would happen if some number of Dems who'd been packed (such as in Texas) moved to very low-populated rural districts and continued registering and voting blue? For example, from Central Texas to the Rio Grande Valley.
Leah, your idea is understood, and the demographics of Texas are certainly changing, especially in the cities. Certain rural areas remain Republican because the wealthy in the blue states like Texas’ business environment. And they come and buy up all the good land. Like Elon Musk has. The Rio Grande valley has been reliably Blue since forever, but R money is targeting the Dem stronghold there. It’s disgusting.
Yeah, I'm familiar with the situation, I've lived her for twenty-five years. The urban areas are hard blue and are cracked, except Central Texas, which compresses almost all of the Democrats in the state into two pie slice districts. (It used to be one.)
I should have put something about my question being rhetorical ;) I bought a couple of large chunks of land in Hudspeth; land in west and west-central Texas is so cheap it's practically free; this is an option for anyone with the economic freedom to work from anywhere in the country and who is willing and able to be two parts punk rock, one part pioneer about it.
Question about gerrymandering. What would happen if some number of Dems who'd been packed (such as in Texas) moved to very low-populated rural districts and continued registering and voting blue? For example, from Central Texas to the Rio Grande Valley.
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Leah, your idea is understood, and the demographics of Texas are certainly changing, especially in the cities. Certain rural areas remain Republican because the wealthy in the blue states like Texas’ business environment. And they come and buy up all the good land. Like Elon Musk has. The Rio Grande valley has been reliably Blue since forever, but R money is targeting the Dem stronghold there. It’s disgusting.
Yeah, I'm familiar with the situation, I've lived her for twenty-five years. The urban areas are hard blue and are cracked, except Central Texas, which compresses almost all of the Democrats in the state into two pie slice districts. (It used to be one.)
I should have put something about my question being rhetorical ;) I bought a couple of large chunks of land in Hudspeth; land in west and west-central Texas is so cheap it's practically free; this is an option for anyone with the economic freedom to work from anywhere in the country and who is willing and able to be two parts punk rock, one part pioneer about it.
It would make a difference, IF enough of them moved & voted.
Yeah, and "enough" is a much smaller number than people realize. Also land is shockingly cheap in the areas where this needs to happen.
*coff*
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