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Let the games begin.
Members of the Texas Legislature pose for a photo-op.
In case anyone cares, the Texas legislature has made their first pass at a redistricting plan. Predictably, Travis County gets cut up into smaller and smaller pieces. The TxLeg also clearly has it out for Lloyd Doggett.
http://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us/?PlanHeader=PLANC125
I think this blog from the Houston Chronicle website gives a pretty accurate summation of winners and losers from the plan.
http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/...th-east-texas/
Let the games begin.
Members of the Texas Legislature pose for a photo-op.
Wow. Check out I-35 between Austin and San Antonio.
Pretty much the definition of gerrymandering.
I still don't know how this is legal.
Good. Lloyd Doggett.
Charlie Gonzales is still safe.
It's tradition. One that dates back centuries.
+1
I was hoping the new map would get me out of Lamar Smith's district, but it puts me into Doggett's. Not what I was hoping for. Although rumors are that Doggett is looking to move so that he can run for #35 instead of #25.
Yeah, thats the new 35th district. Not sure it's that stacked since it takes in Texas State, East side SA, and South Austin. Probably pretty even.
Looks like that one is set up to negate Austin liberals by tying them to a large latino vote. That seat probably goes democrat, but I guess the GOP thinking is that a latino democrat is better than a liberal democrat.
Texas State is mostly on the other side of the Interstate, in the 21st district.
That side of San Marcos has a lot of blue collar and lower income houses and apartments. A few larger complexes to be sure, with a share of college students.
Maybe a few newer housing developments that they probably hope are mostly Republican as well.
Not exactly stacked, but if you can concentrate Democratic voters in just a couple of places, you can make the chances of the rest of the area voting Republican (at least until demographics shift in a few years) better, I guess.
you. I like my congressman, he has done a good job.
Last edited by RandomGuy; 06-01-2011 at 01:37 PM. Reason: spelling.
My thoughts exactly. It has the latino part of Austin that probably comprises a majority of the population in the district.
There is no way this will be allowed to happen. Kinda like 10 years ago.
"10 years ago" was allowed to happen. I think the courts tweaked one or two districts, but for the most part Delay's map is what we ended up with.
10 years ago didnt happen in the form it was originally presented, so its doubtful this one will also.
Republicans will be forever ed in this state if the Democrats ever get their together. Then again I guess this is just payback for the Democratic reign over this state for decades
Repugs establishing their wet dream of "permanent (TX) Repug majority".
They're fighting a losing battle long-term. The hispanic population is growing and they are not repugs.
Stereotyping are we? Most hispanics I know are fairly conservative and reflect family religious values. Cold be the people I hang out with (charitable stuff, school stuff, etc.) but they are a lot more likely to vote than the banger street trash.
Solomon Ortiz and Ciro Rodriguez just found out the hard way that this isn't necessarily true.
If you look at Latin America, DMX has a point though...
This is a constant juggling act for the GOP. The more districts, the more chance that they lose some of those 51/49 elections, instead of winning them.
I think Hispanics like to have their children educated, something that is about 1,254,356 spots below tax breaks for corporations that never seem to hire anyone on the GOP priority list.
It's not supposed to be, there are laws against it.
It's quite ironic to watch congress do something with EXACTING efficiency and dedication only when it's to their own advantage.
Feds will stop it, or ask for (weak) mods, if they decide it violates the Voter Rights Act.
As with the DeLay nastiness, what we see if pretty much what we'll get.
Aren't we like 20b in the hole? Who's gonna pay for this?
lol, accusing me of stereotyping?
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