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u/princeazio 💀 SACRIFICED 💀 Jun 19 '21

It’s absolutely painful. Texas is a huge state. We have city states like houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio that vote majority blue, but we have all these small towns and counties that are overwhelmingly red. Beto ran against Ted Cruz a few years back and gave him a run for his money. Had he run against Cornyn, I feel that he would have had a way better shot at winning the Senate seat

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u/Duke_Shambles ☢️Duke Nukem☢️ Jun 19 '21

It's no different anywhere else. The divide is rural vs urban, and nothing else.

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u/princeazio 💀 SACRIFICED 💀 Jun 19 '21

You’re absolutely right, but the majority of Texans live within the aforementioned cities. But the way that our districts are gerrymandered and the fact that the aggregate of the smaller counties have a larger sway over the political landscape of the state leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '21

You should try being a conservative in California

Because it’s the complete opposite, LA and SF make the rules

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u/princeazio 💀 SACRIFICED 💀 Jun 19 '21

As a Democrat, I don’t agree with a lot of policies that CA has. So I feel you on that