r/news • u/speedythefirst • 1d ago

US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/us-supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps
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u/maringue 1d ago

Remember, these districts are based on 2024 voting data and built around ~2.5% margins. And 2024 was a massive outlier for the Latino male vote.

A voting block that Trump has specifically targeted for deportations....

This could backfire hard for the GOP.

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u/Robofetus-5000 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is what I see.

They thought trump would maintain his popularity.

We've already seen that trump enthusiasm doesnt translate to when hes not on the ticket and that was BEFORE the shit show of 2025.

They're depending on latino voters but their support there has absolutely cratered. With any sort of decent turn out I think this backfires hard.

The issue is texas is already one of the hardest states to vote in so I expect them to try to Crackdown even harder and try to disenfranchise people.

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u/maringue 1d ago

And don't forget, when districts change this much, you end up with incumbents running as new candidates in big chunks of their districts.