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Oeditpus Rex

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9. I don't understand how this works

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 04:38 PM

Aug 2025

A vote is a vote, isn't it? Why is it dependent on where the voter lives?

Would muchly 'preciate an explanation. Ty.

According to Texas state representative Vince Perez, it will take about 445,000 white residents to secure a member of Congress, but about 1.4 million Latino residents or 2 million Black residents to elect one.

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