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Texas GOP Propose Congressional Map Eliminating 5 Democratic Seats

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Posted by Fred 2025-08-01 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [127 views ] Top

#1 Maybe, just maybe, it's time for USA to look at proportional representation?

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-08-01 01:49|| 2025-08-01 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Proportional representation is even more susceptible to fraud, using nefarious methods not even considered by our founders, than the current system.

The problem in south Texas (as with many other areas) Grom, is that undocumented 'colonists' are included in the district censuses. Those censuses are then used to determine the district's size and shape to accommodate that number of estimated voting adults, even though the number of adults actually being eligible to vote might be a small fraction of the recorded adult census. Currently, each congressional district in Texas has an ideal population of 766,987. Only 15-20% of those might be eligible to vote, however.

It ain't the greatest system, but it's what we have.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-08-01 07:30|| 2025-08-01 07:30|| Front Page Top

#3 ^Every methods has its pluses and minuses. Proportional representation prevents major parties being taken over by fringe. Also, formation of a ruling coalition under proportional representation involves coalition negotiation - which requires some degree of competence from a future chief executive. It doesn't prevent the government being taken over by sh*ts (see Europe), and doesn't assure there is a government (see Belgium).
The problems with "geographical winner take all" you are familiar with.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-08-01 07:46|| 2025-08-01 07:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Crackdown on illegal immigrants voting in DC elections launched by Senate GOP

Posted by Skidmark 2025-08-01 10:36|| 2025-08-01 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Pico-violins. Donks gerrymandered New Mexico. Used to be Albuquerque and then north and south of the state. The south voted Trunk. So the Donks split the state east and west to eliminate that from repeating.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-08-01 10:39|| 2025-08-01 10:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Gonna say, the way it is practiced in Europe looks more like a gang grape by globalists of anyone pro-country.

The EU puppet gets the win, or an EU court overturns the election, bans politicians or even whole parties, run the election again, and wins. Then they team up with the flesh traders, commies, and globalists to beat the crap out of the natives.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-08-01 11:46|| 2025-08-01 11:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Let the Democrats squeal. I enjoy that sound. You all know damn good and well the Democrats would do it too if they only could.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-08-01 12:43|| 2025-08-01 12:43|| Front Page Top

#8 See Cali, Illinois, New York, Maryland...

Posted by Fred 2025-08-01 14:08|| 2025-08-01 14:08|| Front Page Top

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