Kamala Harris will campaign in the Lone Star State, not because she expects to win Texas, but because she wants to shine a light on Texas’ abortion ban.

  • @[email protected]
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    5511 hours ago

    Note: Gerrymandering doesn’t impact state wide races like senate and presidential. Only district based things like house seats

    California is far more blue than texas is red. California votes around D+20 statewide, Texas is more like R+5 ish

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      3910 hours ago

      Texas also has the most effective voter suppression and disenfranchisement in the country. It can be very difficult to vote in the blue cities.

    • @[email protected]
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      109 hours ago

      Note- yes it does.

      If you feel your vote for local offices doesn’t count (and indeed a lot of races are uncontested) then you’re less likely to vote at all.

      So technically you’re right but in practice I would argue gerrymandering has a huge impact on statewide offices.

    • Baron Von J
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      Texas is more like R+5 ish

      That really depends on what office and presidential vs non-presidential election years.