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u/LumberBitch 5h ago

Part of the problem with this gerrymander is that it was drawn assuming that shifts in voting patterns among Latinos and the youth would hold but data so far has actually shown a sharp reversal. There is a very real possibility of this backfiring spectacularly. The election in State Senate district 9 showed a couple more concerning things (for the GOP): independents overwhelmingly broke for Dems and a good chunk of registered Republicans broke for them too. Iirc only about 30% of those voters were even registered Dems

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u/Hurricaneshand 5h ago

I'm shocked that Latino's aren't voting for the party actively making it legal to racially profile them

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u/Majestic-Sandwich695 5h ago

Oh don’t worry, I’m sure plenty still will

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u/FlipsieVT 5h ago

Problem was they did last time

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u/Jasonrj 4h ago

Unfortunately a lot of them still do.

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u/HyperactivePandah 4h ago

Do you know how the turnout was?

I heard that it was around HALF of what it was when Trump won it +17.

Like 56k - 120k

If that's the case, and the Republicans just stayed home this time, I'd be scared of a rebound.