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Texas has 1.5 million more registered democrats than republicans! How can it be "legal" to gerrymander so severly. (r.50501.chat)

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Prety much the title, like how are they getting away with it? Also, why isn’t the news making any hay out of this?

ps: idk what to flair this, so I hope it’s ok

Originally Posted By u/Efarm12 At 2025-08-18 07:45:46 PM | Source

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[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

People are fucking stupid.

The wealthy own the news.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 4 points 1 week ago

How can it be "legal" to gerrymander ~~so severly~~

There, fixed it for you. Gerrymandering is just a fancy word for "deleting votes I don't agree with". Any system with gerrymandering is not a democracy.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Is their governor elected by popular vote or by district?