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The Texas Senate gave final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map early Saturday, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.

President Donald Trump has pushed for the map to help the GOP maintain its slim majority in Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. It has five new districts that would favor Republicans.

Abbott, a Republican, is expected to quickly sign it into law, though Democrats have vowed to challenge it in court.

The effort by Trump and Texas’ Republican-majority Legislature prompted state Democrats to hold a two-week walkout and kicked off a wave of redistricting efforts across the country.

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[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Hope so. Those Republicans have statisticians. I think they will gain five more seats. I live in Texas. People are not that smart here

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

From what I've seen if you account for voting trends even just back through 2016 or 2012, this redistricting isn't very helpful. The 2024 voting trends seem more like an anomaly, especially with Hispanic voters. Given Trump's crack down with ICE, his approval ratings among those voters have gone negative.

[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You underestimate just how racist legal immigrants can be, especially in Latino communities. The "Fuck You, I Got Mine" mentality is VERY prominent in immigrant communities in the USA.

In fact, some of the loudest supporters of his anti-immigrant policy HAVE BEEN IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

He voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center.

‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained by ICE

A Post By A MAGA Voter Who Said Their Child's Father Was Deported Because Of Trump's Policies Is Going Mega Viral

I TRULY hope Hispanics and Latinos swing hard left in the next few elections, because they're getting fucked the hardest right now, but to say their voting trends were an anomaly is disingenuous at best.

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 1 points 50 minutes ago

Not just racism. Don’t underestimate the power of machismo. I know more than a handful of Latino men younger than me that are very hard for MAGA trumpism due to the “manliness” associated with it and “femininity” of the other side. I can only assume they buy into all the Andrew tate and Rogan shit too.