Limited options for Democrats to retaliate if Texas Republicans redraw congressional map

AP News ^ | Updated 9:15 AM CDT, August 2, 2025 | NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JOEY CAPPELLETTI

[EQAndyBuzz]

“ AP is such trash.”

Reuters is trash. The AP is raw sewage.

[existentially_kuffer]

Looking forward to the next census! Make sure illegals do not contribute to the senses.

[existentially_kuffer]

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[Agatsu77]

“Independent” commissions appointed by Democrat assemblies. Hardly nonpartisan.

[Svartalfiar]

I do not know the answer to correct this as it is a state function and not a federal function and it should be a state function per our constitution.

Seems the States could still be drawing their own districts, just under the requirement that they be as compact as is reasonable. I think they should be required to be weighted 50% by population and 50% by area, but at minimum compartness should be a priority.

[Svartalfiar]

Congressional districts need to be combined. Four hundreds and thirty five congress critters is far too many.

Congressional districts need to be quartered or even eighth'd. 435 Reps isn't nearly enough, that's an average of one Rep per 760,000 people.

If that Rep decided to meet with all of his constituents, over a two-year term, 365 days a year, eight hours a day, you'd get two minutes to talk to him.

[Svartalfiar]

But then someone told me that computer technology could be altered with algorithms, which would favor one party or another.

True, but it would be much less extreme due to the dispersion of the voting public. They could lean a few percentage points further in one direction than the zero-split, but current gerrymandering gives tens and twenties of % change from the zero-point. Hell, CA currently votes about 40% Repub, yet their Reps are only 17% Repub. Switch to compact-required districts (weighting only by population), and I bet the most gerrymandered result would be closer to 30% Pubbies.