Jason LefkowitzIf you ever wondered why Texas so reliably sends Republicans to Congress, part of the reason is that Texas Republicans won control of the state legislature for the first time since Reconstruction in 2002, and they immediately set about gerrymandering the state so Democrats could never win a majority of the state's Congressional districts again
Work in Progress 🌻@jalefkowit Same thing the Democrats do here in New York State. The map they produced was comically biased.
https://www.courthousenews.com/top-ny-court-upholds-judgment-that-says-democrats-gerrymandered/
Iain Collins@unfinishedsymphony @jalefkowit When a candidate who won the popular vote for president was not elected because of the Electoral College system is something that has happened 4 times and every single time it's been a Republican president that ended up in office instead of a Democrat it seems to suggest one party is in fact decidedly more problematic.
@iaincollins @jalefkowit We were talking about gerrymandering Congressional districts, not the Electoral College. But you may be interested to learn about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Perhaps you live in a state that has not yet joined it and you can pressure your state representatives to get onboard.
Progress of the National Popular Vote Bill in Each State
Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut DC Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming As of April 13, 2026, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has been enacted into law in 19 jurisdictions possessing 2