For the record, this might not be a win for the GOP.
The thing about gerrymandering is that you get wins in places you wouldn’t by stealing your safety net from places where your win is assured.
As long as everything goes well, that gives you some extra seats.
But if the math changes - say, because you’re calculating your odds off of a massive swing towards your party from Hispanic voters that has completely evaporated in the year since the election thanks to the president’s horrific immigration enforcement policies - you can end up losing not only the seats you tried to rig in your favour, but also the seats you stole that safety net from.
This is why other states with plans to gerrymander additional seats suddenly suspended those plans after Nov 4th. If things continue the way they are this plan could see the GOP almost wiped out in Texas.
For the record, this might not be a win for the GOP.
The thing about gerrymandering is that you get wins in places you wouldn’t by stealing your safety net from places where your win is assured.
As long as everything goes well, that gives you some extra seats.
But if the math changes - say, because you’re calculating your odds off of a massive swing towards your party from Hispanic voters that has completely evaporated in the year since the election thanks to the president’s horrific immigration enforcement policies - you can end up losing not only the seats you tried to rig in your favour, but also the seats you stole that safety net from.
This is why other states with plans to gerrymander additional seats suddenly suspended those plans after Nov 4th. If things continue the way they are this plan could see the GOP almost wiped out in Texas.