3- Hispanic farmworkers are anti-newcomers who work cheaper. 4- Hispanic small business, hard working owners buy the lazy-foodstamps-freeloader myths that wingnuts put out. 5- Are susceptible to MAGA targeting of other low-information types. 6- Yes, Xmas-Easter Catholics have an anti-Choice & related social issues bent.

But I am equally mystified over other groups that vote against their own interests.

districts then shame on them. NY lost seats by caving to repeated Republican minority demands.

There may be a small handful of districts we could pick up, but we have been playing this game longer and more effectively than they have.

I'm all for trying, but when you look at the four states with the largest electoral counts (California, Texas, Florida, New York) and compare the percentage of votes each party got in the 2024 Presidential election to the percentage of the winning party's House delegation, California is at the top of the list (by a lot) of the House delegation percentage being higher than percentage that went for that party in the 2024 election.

If those percentages are viewed as the level of gerrymandering, California is already at the top, followed by New York, Florida, and Texas. New York and Florida are very close (2 percentage points), so if New York decided to redistrict, and Florida followed suit, it would be close to a wash. California has a little bit of room to gain a few seats, but not sure it would be enough to overcome what Texas is looking at.

Now, if all the blue states decided to do it, it might work.

With the plan to redistrict Emmanuel Cleaver and KC out.

Ohio has to redraw maps anyway because of state court litigation.

...specifically telling others how our party would not be able to do so in the states that were suggested.

Yes, we’ve unintentionally handcuffed ourselves on this front. We have our map drawing commissions, and state constitutional amendments, and blue state courts who have shown themselves to be very serious about enforcing those amendments.

The only Democratic states I’ve opined on are NY, CA and Michigan (if we’re considering Michigan a blue state in this particular discussion) so that’s as far as my opinion extends.

Gavin Newsom mentioned they’d have to put the issue back on the ballot to remove some hurdles, do it.

If California’s legislature has to take a shortcut by bypassing their commission entirely and passing a map on their own, I’m all for it even if it arguably violate their state constitution. I’m not above trying it.

If NY Democrats have to enact a map that may be struck down by the state court at a later date, do it.

There likely will be lawsuits. Maps may be struck down. However, it Texas passes their proposed map, the possible setbacks become “tomorrow problems.” We’ll just have to worry about those problems when the day comes.