What Does a Blue Texas Imply for America?
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The prospect of Texas “going blue” was one of many large tales all through this election—and rightly so. In anticipation of this menace, Republican lawmakers redistricted the state after Donald Trump’s win in 2024, carving out new seats calculated to skew Republican. However that gerrymander appeared to be primarily based on the belief that Latino voters would proceed voting alongside the identical traces they’d in 2024. The New Yorker workers author Jesús Rodríguez, who lined James Talarico’s and Gina Hinojosa’s campaigns, talks with David Remnick in regards to the results of the gerrymander, and what the race in Texas tells Democrats about 2028.
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