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Texas’s GOP Governor Can Arbitrarily Deny Democrats a Seat in Congress Until Next Year
(theintercept.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2025
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Sadly that's nearly impossible due to gerrymandering. For example, this is one of the districts in the state shaped to confine as many blue votes as possible to a single district: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27s_35th_congressional_district
Governor is a statewide race, gerrymandering may discourage a certain amount of voting due to apathy, but it doesn't really change how votes are counted.
Also, Biden AND Harris received more votes than Abbott did in the last three races. We have the votes to remove him, just not the will.