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A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points, unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.

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[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm just gonna vote, and volunteer to get people to the poles to have the best turn out we can get.

People just need to realize that less than 2/3rds of Americans voted in the last election. Literally an extra percent of overall voters could have swung the entire election.

Their attempts to cheat all rely on suppressing voter turn out. If new voters turn out in unexpected numbers, the data they are using to cheat with will be entirely invalid, and so will their gerrymandering efforts.

Don't be silent. Fucking vote

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] moody@lemmings.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Eastern European.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 40 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Rehmet won by around 10 points too, which puts the total swing around +30. If that kind of swing holds up in the rest of the state, it would completely blow up the Texas gerrymander. Remember, gerrymanders turn a lot of very safe districts into only moderately safe districts.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Sadly gerrymandering is only one tool in their arsenal of voter suppression. The next ones you’ll see (or already in progress)

  • closure of polling sites in primarily left leaning/minority areas (some areas are being left with only one voting site)
  • restriction to only being able to vote at your polling site (used to be you could vote at any site in the county, coupled with the first one will create incredibly long lines at certain stations, just rife for intimidation)
  • reduction or removal of early voting times
  • purging of voter registration with higher barrier to re-register

Sadly all four of those are being actively implemented in multiple places in the state. Most in the Houston and Dallas areas.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 15 points 3 hours ago

I've been saying this for ages and is refreshing to hear it from someone else for once! I've also learned the term "dummymander"

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online -4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The problem is we need someone as galvanizing as Reagan. And absolutely none of the present DEM players including Buttigeig, is that person.

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Need more of an FDR.

The New Deal is what america has needed for a long time, but instead we have been giving that money to the billionaires. Citizens united absolutely doomed us all to stay in this cycle in perpetuity.

It's been nearly a hundred years. Trump's great depression might arrive just in time for a real change, but we'll see. There's way more hurdles for someone trying to come in and actually make working class lives better. There's no money in that for the ones running the show.

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 hours ago

Not rattled enough. More rattling required.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago
[–] lofuw@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 hours ago

The Nancy Pelosis and Hillary Clintons are the ones holding the democrats back and handing victory after victory to the republicans.

New blood is entering the arena and they all have exposure to how pissed off the left is that neither side represents their interests.