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FBaggins

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12. The 3.3 million nationally was also for a single year
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 08:45 PM
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California is shrinking in population as a proportion of the nation and is likely to lose multiple seats in the next reapportionment.

Plus there are a couple Districts that were originally close (R) ones (I know the 45th & 47th, the latter including red areas like Huntington Beach), where (D)s flipped the seat.

That isn't a good thing as a measure of how easy it would be to draw new blue seats. It's actually the opposite. There are only two red seats in CA where republicans won by fewer than ten points... but eight blue districts that fit that bucket (four of which were closer than three points). We already hold a 43-9 advantage... there just isn't room to pick up much more.

And what you describe (in your edit) is exactly what TX is doing now - calling a special session to dick around with their lines.

Which is irresponsible and wrong-headed... but not surprising. More importantly - it's far easier than amending even CA's constitution... and OH is easier than either of them.

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"Trump on Tuesday said he would like to see five new GOP seats in Texas." sop Tuesday #3
Can two "play at that game"? FBaggins Tuesday #6
They do have this BumRushDaShow Tuesday #8
Population growth of 108k in a state of almost 40 million is actually shrinking relative to the rest of the country FBaggins Tuesday #10
That figure was over a single year. It was 250,000+ total over a couple years (including revisions). BumRushDaShow Tuesday #11
The 3.3 million nationally was also for a single year FBaggins Tuesday #12
An example of redrawing and backlash/back-firing BumRushDaShow Wednesday #16
AND.... I just spotted this article today (with CA's options) - BumRushDaShow Friday #20
It's a regular pattern: Illegal, Immoral and Unconstitutional. rickyhall Tuesday #13
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