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A brand new ballot commissioned by Widespread Trigger discovered that Trump could have led Texas Republicans into an enormous mistake that has angered the state’s voters. Widespread Trigger commissioned a ballot of over 2,000 Texas voters that requested about gerrymandering, and the latest Republican mid-decade gerrymandering of the state on the urging of Donald Trump.
The highlights from the poll may very well be some unhealthy information for Republicans:
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An amazing majority of voters in Texas (74%) assist impartial commissions made up of abnormal residents to attract district traces as an alternative of state lawmakers. This contains assist from 68% of Republican voters, 77% of impartial voters, and 67% of Donald Trump voters.
Congressional consultants solely put three of the 5 seats that Republicans gerrymandered as prone to flip to the GOP. The opposite two are swing districts that Democrats may preserve, so it is rather doable that Texas Republicans alienated voters within the state and gained’t get the 5 seats that they redrew the map to acquire.
Voters don’t like gerrymandering. Voters don’t need gerrymandering, and in Texas, Republicans may find yourself paying a extreme value within the 2026 election for his or her actions.
The Texas gerrymander depends on Hispanics persevering with to assist Trump, however Trump’s approval ranking has plummeted with Hispanic voters.
The gerrymandering could backfire in Texas, and if it does, Republicans will solely have Donald Trump guilty.
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