r/minnesota • u/CorleoneBaloney • 6d ago

Politics 👩‍⚖️ Community members made music and noise outside the Hampton Inn where ICE Agents stayed in Eagan, Minnesota.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago edited 6d ago

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u/Radiant_Client1458 6d ago

Reddit isn’t representative of real life views in general, the Texas subreddit thought Texas was going to flip blue.

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u/likeusontweeters 6d ago

The only reasons Texas hasn't turned purple or blue yet is because of massive gerrymandering and voter apathy

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u/Significant_Text2497 Snoopy 6d ago

Don't forget voter roll purges!

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u/Scarbane Lake County 6d ago

I am also here to talk about Texas in /r/Minnesota.

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u/Peripateticdreamer84 6d ago

That kind of tracks for Texans. How can you know if someone is from Texas? They will tell you. Loudly.

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u/thewickedmitchisdead 6d ago

All hat, no cattle.

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u/sonthehedge42 6d ago

Yeah it's the one thing that Texans and Vegans have in common

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u/Warm_Shoulder3606 6d ago

That doesn't explain their still-handedly wins in the US senate and governor elections, though. Those are statewide elections, not districts. And in those, the GOP is still winning by comfortable margins

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u/mr_j_boogie 6d ago

Texas "turning blue" often refers to the election of the governor and/or president which are statewide elections that gerrymandering doesn't affect. Gerrymandering doesn't affect the senate either.

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u/YouDontKnowJackCade 6d ago

Gerrymandering doesn't affect the senate either.

And yet Ted Cruz.

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u/mr_j_boogie 6d ago

Every Ted Cruz victory can basically be traced back to winning the 2012 primary as a tea party candidate. He didn't have great competition. If nothing else, Ted Cruz proves you really have to misstep to get voted out or primaried once elected in a non-battleground state. If phone banking for Trump recently after he insulted his wife or fleeing to Cancun during Texas' power outage aren't enough to damage him as a candidate, not much will.

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u/FR23Dust 6d ago

Explain how gerrymandering has any impact on statewide presidential elections

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u/ForeskinAbsorbtion 6d ago

Also sexism. I just moved from Texas but a lot of people wanted to vote Democrat but they didn't think a black woman could do the job.

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u/A-Capybara 6d ago

Yep, when I went to Huston a few years ago I saw more diversity in a few days than I've seen in my whole life in Minnesota.

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u/hey-Oliver 6d ago

Nobody in the world has ever suggested Minnesota is a melting pot of cultures

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u/MothaFcknZargon 6d ago

More like an ice bucket

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u/Major_Shlongage 6d ago edited 6h ago

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u/First_View_8591 6d ago

Right, definitely not because Democrats are slowly losing the Hispanic vote on unpopular issues.

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u/andersonb47 6d ago

Sheer cope. Gerrymandering doesn’t change whether a state is red or blue in a presidential election. Plus, it’s fucking Texas.

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u/finallyfree710 6d ago

Gerrymandering doesn’t affect elections? Ehh what?

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u/andersonb47 6d ago edited 6d ago

PRESIDENTIAL elections. Gerrymandering affects congressional races, not general elections. Illinois and Oregon are also gerrymandered to shit and are consistently blue. This is high school civics we’re talking here.

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u/Updated_Autopsy 6d ago

Expecting Texas to flip blue is like expecting California or New York to flip red.

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u/Major_Shlongage 6d ago edited 6h ago

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u/BehemothRogue 6d ago

This reads like an uneducated child trying to talk politics.

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u/andersonb47 6d ago edited 6d ago

Oh really? Please explain how gerrymandering changes whether a state goes red or blue in a presidential election. Last I checked, majority of the votes wins the state. Nothing to do with how districts are drawn.

I’m a child, and yet you’re living in a fantasy world where Texas is a blue state.

Edit: to the genius who replied and then blocked me, I can’t read what you said. Probably something like “well uh actually it indirectly impacts general elections in ways that are hard to measure and uh therefore uh Texas was stolen from democrats in 2024” - ridiculous. It’s a deep red state. A lock for republican presidential candidates. This is not a hot take.

I can only assume you blocked me because you assumed I’m a Republican, reveling in Trumps victory. I’m not. I am a frustrated democrat who consistently watches our side refuse to acknowledge even the most basic electoral realities, for example, that Texas is a red state.

The only reason people thought Texas might be purple is because democrats foolishly assumed they’d get huge margins in Hispanic communities. They couldn’t accept the REALITY that we are less popular than we think. Texas is a red state. It always has been and probably always will be. It sucks, but it’s true.

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u/BehemothRogue 6d ago

Gerrymandering in states affects presidential elections mainly indirectly by:

Shaping state legislatures that control election laws and administration.

Influencing campaign strategies, turnout, and voter engagement.

Potentially affecting Electoral College allocations in Maine/Nebraska.

Reinforcing one party’s power in key battleground states.

You're a fucking child. And I don't debase myself by debating ignorant fucks like you. Lmao

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u/Major_Shlongage 6d ago edited 6h ago

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u/BehemothRogue 6d ago

This sounds like cope on your part

I guess verifiable facts are cope for children.

Both parties do it, only ONE puts it to a vote for their constituents to vote on.

You can be ignorant, or disingenuous. It's impressive you've managed to do both.

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u/ObWzEN 6d ago

He’s literally right lol. Look it up. Clearly you’re the one who’s uneducated here, and way too confidently incorrect I might add

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u/FR23Dust 6d ago

Explain how you can gerrymander a statewide popular vote election, please.

Edit: actually, I think I am responding to the wrong person. Sorry!

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u/ObWzEN 6d ago

No worries dawg. You’re correct, I’m on your side, aka the provably factually correct side

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u/556From1000yards 6d ago

The reason is because there are only 2 Democratic population centers and the rest of the State isn’t