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ClownCarnival t1_j80wd5v wrote

Not a good day for Texas taxpayers. First they get to pay out the settlements for their corrupt AG and then this but hey you get what you vote for and you won't have to worry about voting much longer once these guys are done destroying our democoracy.

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CakeAccomplice12 t1_j811msd wrote

>Not a good day for Texas taxpayers.

Has there ever been a good day for Texas taxpayers?

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Uncast t1_j82ky60 wrote

Yup. You get what the majority vote for…

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alieninthegame t1_j82ugdq wrote

I'd like you to meet my friend Gerry Mander.

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roboninja t1_j83jnv1 wrote

Not relevant for State elections I am pretty sure? Or is Texas "special" that way too?

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GravyDangerfield23 t1_j83oax2 wrote

Not entirely true.

It is still relevant as to how the state legislature is broken down, but yes, it is less relevant. For example, let's say for simplicity's sake that Texas had 4 million Dems & 6 million Republicans, leading to a 40/60 split that we would hope to see reflected in the govt body. If there were 10 legislative seats, each representing 1 million people, we could carve up 10 districts — 1 district that had 900k Dems and 100k Republicans, and the other 9 would all have 344,444 Dems and 655,555 Republicans, leading to an easy 90/10 split for Republicans.

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