America, look at Texas and don't look away. Texas voted like Republicans thought America would.

[Swede]

Link to tweet

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[Sogo]

1. Same with Iowa. Same with Ohio. Same with Florida.

The entire Congressional Delegation in Iowa - House and Senate - are all now Republican. That hasn't happened since 1957....Very disappointing to this Iowan. I feel like a person without a country....no representation on the state or federal level.

Ohio is also now reliably red.

Florida, same.


We have to get over the idea that these are swing states and turn to those that truly are: North Carolina, Virginia, Arizona, Nevada....

[onecaliberal]

6. Could not agree more.

[2naSalit]

8. Montana...

Legislature has R supermajority in both houses, and our body-slamming gov and the insurrectionist US House member, our AG and one of our senators are all qpublicans.

[moondust]

9. New House map is interesting.

Looks like Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia each now have more blue "land area" than Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Florida and other former "swing states."

https://www.cnn.com/election/2022/results/house

Maybe Iowa will change its name to New Mississippi and Wisconsin will become North Alabama.

[uponit7771]

2. Texas, Florida and the other states are extremely gerrymandered to the point of being illegal

[Mariana]

3. Which has zero effect on statewide races like those for Governor and Senator.

The gerrymandering is certainly a problem, but it doesn't change the reality about the majority of the voters in those states.

[uponit7771]

5. Agreed the its the people who implement the illegal gerrymandering in red states I don't trust ...

... seeing their gerrymandering is illegal I don't believe they're going to be legal on everything else.

[BrightKnight]

13. and the urban areas are blue. nt

[MagickMuffin]

4. Plus the fact registered voters won't vote

Tarrant county only 32% of registered voters went to the polls.


How many of those registered voters are Democrats?

This is also a very huge problem with Texas voters. They be too lazy to defend our democracy by spending a fraction of time voting for their lives which are at stake!

[LeftInTX]

14. Really! You can bug them until they're blue in the face

Two had Beto signs, but didn't vote...I bugged them three times. Middle-Upper Middle Class Neighborhood. Just didn't vote. Can't blame it on anything, but apathy. One said, "Yeah, I'll vote today".

[MagickMuffin]

15. What county do you live in?

Tarrant has done a good job, but midterms elections just aren’t important enough for some voters.

I guess since churches are now allowed to preach politics from the pulpit, perhaps we should be doing it as well. Get those democratic voters to the polls. I’m not really in favor of it, but apparently it’s no longer a concern with the federal government.

[LeftInTX]

16. Bexar..Two young white chicks with Beto signs...

Didn't strike me as church goers at all....

[MagickMuffin]

17. My church comment was more about just getting out the vote

However, you can’t force people to vote. I have a good friend who has been refusing to vote! I’m really upset with her. Her brother would be extremely disappointed in her, but he’s no longer here to guide her through life.

[LeftInTX]

18. These two had Beto signs...grhh...

[JCMach1]

19. +add in those who can't/dont because of Texas' harsh ID rules

Many of those non-voters are people who moved who can't deal with the BS of changing their ID.

The DMV is a super nightmare here. It can take weeks/months to get appointments in urban areas. Don't think for a second this isn't intentional.

Literally, I moved my elderly mom here in April and we had her vote absentee from her old state because of the barriers to changing car and ID.

That 32% is voter suppression at all sorts of levels

[LeftInTX]

22. We get alot of people who just don't vote.

They vote in presidential, but don't want to be bothered with midterms. These people have IDs cuz they're young and drive.

[ananda]

7. I know.

I remember a much better Texas than this.

This state has truly devolved into a racist,
gerrymandered mess.

[moonshinegnomie]

10. part of the problem is the texas democratic party

they are pretty useless.
senate 2018. beto
president 2020 beto
governor 2022 beto

meanwhile weve had the same democratic party chairman since 2012 despite losing every time. and he replace someone who also ran the party for 12 years.

[Wounded Bear]

11. K & R...nt

[In It to Win It]

12. Didn't take much but I cracked up at "look at Texas and don't look away."

[Aristus]

20. "But Texas isn't really like this", we always seem to hear.

Well yeah, actually it kind of is.

And I guess we can give up the hope that the Hispanic community will turn Texas blue. Voluntarily participation in one's own oppression is a sad thing.

[LeftInTX]

23. Oppression is subjective

Too many religious nuts who feel "unborn babies" are the most important thing in the world. If they are oppressed, they don't care. But really, very few who vote GOP are oppressed. As long as they're US citizens, they have the same rights as white people. (Lots of rich Latinos living in the hills and the Dominion) All the cops are Hispanic here etc, etc.. They don't look out for the community as a whole, they look out for themselves. Latino GOP is not suppressed, they're privileged

Nothing like going up to someone in a Lexus and saying, "Hey you're oppressed" Or in one of those trucks that burn coal.." Hey you're oppressed". Truck driver waves gun. And they are also packing. Don't ask if, ask, "How many" They're rednecks who look a bit different, eat different food and spent more time with their family, but still rednecks.

[gldstwmn]

21. Don't forget the voter suppression and gerrymandering...