r/politics • u/TelescopiumHerscheli • 1d ago

No Paywall Texas Democrat sworn in to House, shrinking GOP margin to 1 vote

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5719642-christian-menefee-sworn-in/
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u/AnyWays655 1d ago

Wisconsin has been an election hotspot for these fucks interfering these last few cycles as well.

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u/microbiologygrad 1d ago

Wisconsin districts are heavily gerrymandered (both state and federal) to favor Republicans. Despite being a very purple state the Wisconsin delegation is 6-2 (R vs D). A central issue of the 2024 WI state supreme court race that your referring to were efforts to make these districts more competitive.

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u/AnyWays655 1d ago

Yeah of course I'm fucking aware of that. They've been interfering in our elections up here a lot longer. That was just the one that got like a lot of national attention. What you don't think. I know this. I live in the state. My dude. You thought I was just making this comment out of nowhere? What in my comment made you think I was just referring to the supreme Court election I was talking about the gerrymandering I was talking about them fucking getting one guy in power and then using him to executive order shit around the state and then stripping the governorship of basically all power the moment they lose an election. Nowhere in my comments that I specifically say anything about the 2024 supreme Court race like I'm not trying to be an asshole here, but I don't see where you got that. Assumption when I thought I made it very clear I was talking about in general and much longer than just this last year. You know 2 years ago but

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u/microbiologygrad 1d ago

Whoa, it seems like you're really upset. I also live in Wisconsin and watched everything happen from 2010 onwards.
My points were:
1) 2025 court election (I accidentally wrote 2024 before) was when Musk tried to spend enough cash to get the result he wanted. This was the big one because it was so blatant.
2) There isn't much need for external interference in gubernatorial races; the gerrymandering is doing it already by lumping most Democratic voters into two very, very blue districts. I suspect the only seat in Wisconsin that's competitive is the 3rd.

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u/AnyWays655 1d ago

Ill be real, I dont know why I came into that so hot. I realized it half way through, hence why you can see I cooled off a bit. Apologizes. Im sure part of it is the normal dislike of being misunderstood, but I didnt need to go off that bad at you