Kamala Harris will campaign in the Lone Star State, not because she expects to win Texas, but because she wants to shine a light on Texas’ abortion ban.

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    Note: Gerrymandering doesn’t impact state wide races like senate and presidential. Only district based things like house seats

    California is far more blue than texas is red. California votes around D+20 statewide, Texas is more like R+5 ish

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      27 days ago

      Note- yes it does.

      If you feel your vote for local offices doesn’t count (and indeed a lot of races are uncontested) then you’re less likely to vote at all.

      So technically you’re right but in practice I would argue gerrymandering has a huge impact on statewide offices.

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      Texas is more like R+5 ish

      That really depends on what office and presidential vs non-presidential election years.