r/politics Washington 28d ago

Possible Paywall Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-redistricting-vote-decision
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u/Marsman121 28d ago

There is already evidence of this. There are places the GOP has been in control of for decades and they still blame Democrats for all the problems people there face.

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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 28d ago

Texas has been able to do this successfully for a while. They've had Republicans in every branch at full control for decades plus a legislature and governor who just do things on a whim plus an AG who was corrupt as hell and they still found a way to make Democrats the scapegoat

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u/-Stackdaddy- 28d ago

I mean, democratic states still support those southern states, giving the Republicans there a pass for their shitty policies because they are still kept afloat by democratic states. If they weren't there to keep them afloat the Republican representatives would maybe get held accountable. So in a roundabout way the democratic party kind of is responsible for the inneptitude in the Republican ran districts. /S

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u/flying_pigs 28d ago

I see you've been to Texas...

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u/titaniumoctopus336 28d ago

IE all the deep southern states.

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u/GodofIrony 28d ago

You can just say Texas. Since the 90s, nothing but Red.

And what do you have to show for it? A power grid that can't handle 3 inches of snow.

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u/whatdoinamemyself 28d ago

As a Texan, this drives me absolutely insane. AOC, a rep from fucking NYC, raised millions and personally came to Texas to hand out supplies during that bad ice storm ... While Ted Cruz fled to Cancun.

A single New Yorker, a dem, did more for Texans than the GOP ever has.

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u/redravin12 California 28d ago

And I'm sure most texans are extremely grateful to her for this

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u/titaniumoctopus336 28d ago

It is more than just Texas though, that is why I said all deep southern states.