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Dulcinea

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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:37 AM Aug 21

What's next in the battle over redistricting as the Texas House passes new GOP maps

(NBC News) The Republican-controlled Texas House has passed new congressional maps that aim to pad the party’s majority in Washington by as much as five seats in the midterm elections as battles over redistricting spread across the country.

With Texas set to fully enact its new plan as soon as this week, urged on by President Donald Trump, California Democrats are moving quickly to implement a plan to carve up their state's maps in retaliation. Meanwhile, top Republicans in states like Indiana, Missouri and Florida continue to talk about tweaking their maps to create more Republican-controlled congressional seats in the 2026 elections. Ohio’s redraw, which it must do under state law, could benefit the GOP, too.

Governors in Democratic-controlled states are weighing responses, too, but in many cases, they’re restrained by procedural hurdles or by other practical limits — some have already stretched their own gerrymandered maps as far as they could go — that could make a tit-for-tat more difficult.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/whats-next-battle-over-redistricting-232004859.html

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What's next in the battle over redistricting as the Texas House passes new GOP maps (Original Post) Dulcinea Aug 21 OP
GOP is trying to squelch any rebound or reaction to their policies and power grab bucolic_frolic Aug 21 #1
Proportional Representation SARose Aug 21 #2

SARose

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2. Proportional Representation
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:49 AM
Aug 21
Proportional representation ensures elections are fair for all voters and that every voice is heard. Instead of electing one legislator, different groups of voters elect winners in proportion to their share of the votes cast. For instance, if 60% of votes go to conservatives and 40% go to liberals, then about 60% of seats go to conservatives and 40% go to liberals.


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I support this 100%. No more gerrymandering and just maybe Congress can get something done for a change.🤞
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