reddig33,

Have the dems done a study on splitting Texas into multiple states? When Texas joined the union, they reserved the right to split into five states. Could the lines be drawn to create at least three blue states?

books,

Wyoming would be ten times easier and a more beautiful place to reside.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod,
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

It’s one of the very few places on earth that won’t be terribly ravaged by climate change, too.

Ambiorickx,

A lot fewer people could move to Wyoming and give the Dems 2 more senators.

rynzcycle,

I like this. Let's just pull a reverse Galt; build our own super left, union friendly city in Wyoming.

If we could get it to the size of Glendale, AZ (pop 250k) with a 80-20 vote split (WY is currently 20-80 favoring Rs) and 60% turnout, we'd flip the state.

ETA or we just expand Jackson, which went about 2 to 1 for the D in 2022.

FullOfBallooons,
@FullOfBallooons@leminal.space avatar

Move to Texas?! I’m working as hard as I can to leave!

MNByChoice,

Need a site to highlight houses for sale in districts that are flippable. Not every house will have equal chances of doing that.

FuglyDuck,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

This means moving to Texas though. Which is a huge freaking ask.

kool_newt,

I’ve heard of unopposed races and races decided by a handful of votes. I think this strategy applied wisely could work, if not in Texas maybe some other places.

Pratai,

Not on your life would I leave Seattle for anywhere in Texas.

lolcatnip,

Same, plus I grew up in Texas so I know what it’s like from personal experience. It was kind of OK when I left, but the Republicans have been really ratcheting up the bullshit lately, and the summers were way too hot even before climate change became noticeable.

pizza-bagel,

Yeah I like having basic human rights. It's a big ask to even ask anyone to stay there, let alone move there. It's literally life and death for women who can't get an abortion.

idkwhatimdoing,

Has someone done the math on how many people would have to move there to outnumber the current GOP base there?

Earthwormjim91,

Zero. Texas has enough registered Dems to turn it blue tomorrow. More registered Dems than republicans. www.pewresearch.org/…/party-affiliation/

Texans are just lazy fucks that don’t vote. Especially the youth. 18-29 turnout in the 2020 primary was 7% of eligible population. When you could vote literally anywhere in your county, including the damn grocery store.

Letting Texas back into the Union after the civil war was the biggest mistake of the US. Worthless state.

BaroqueInMind, (edited )
@BaroqueInMind@kbin.social avatar

If Texas seceded from the Union tomorrow, it would be ranked in the top ten largest economies in the world, according to worldatlas.com, according to USAToday, according to the official Treasury Department, according to Wikipedia.

So if you truly believe they were worthless I would say you sound incredibly fucking dumb and hateful almost like a belligerent Q-Anon/MAGA retard.

Earthwormjim91,

And how would they rank when you take away the federal funding they get for the plethora of government contracts there? Or when oil has gone the way of the dodo.

Saudi Arabia has a huge fossil fuel economy too and they’re fucking less than worthless.

Texas is a blight on the US and the rest of us would be better without them. I don’t give a single fuck about Texas.

BaroqueInMind,
@BaroqueInMind@kbin.social avatar

It would still be ranked top ten.

Saudis are industrious and produce more than just oil, and you are starting to sound racist.

Texas can suck my micropenis. That being said, the state is full of many good people there too.

You can take your racist generalizations and hateful shit the fuck out of here.

Earthwormjim91,

Nah fuck Texas. I wish they would secede and leave my country alone. They like Texas more than the US anyway. Leave the fucks in their own.

And no, Saudi Arabia is worthless. Saudis don’t make anything. They have indentured servants that can’t get citizenship make everything. Half of Saudi Arabia aren’t even citizens because the kingdom doesn’t want outsiders to have any rights.

Saudi Arabia exploits the fuck out of impoverished people to work there without them having any rights or recourse.

You can keep on defending the worst of humanity though.

BaroqueInMind,
@BaroqueInMind@kbin.social avatar

Yeah, reading your arguments here, I can agree with you now. Fuck them.

snooggums,
@snooggums@kbin.social avatar

Or, and hear me out, voter suppression.

Earthwormjim91,

I hate people crying about that. Be fucking proactive like voting is one of the most important things you can do. Only lazy people can be suppressed.

snooggums,
@snooggums@kbin.social avatar

Ok, let's tell that to the people who are purged from the voter rolls and are turned away at the polls that they are just being lazy.

Earthwormjim91,

Yeah. They are. Because they didn’t do the bare minimum of checking their registration

Check your fucking registration before you show up. If an election is coming up, make sure you check that you are actually registered and are good.

You can register to vote easily in Texas. You can even do it online. They bank on people being lazy to purge rolls because people won’t check and won’t go register if they’ve been purged. And they haven’t been wrong.

Voting is the single most important thing you can do as a citizen of any nation. There is zero excuse to not be on top of it all the fucking time.

snooggums,
@snooggums@kbin.social avatar

Doubling down on the victim blaming, so at least you have consistency going for you.

Earthwormjim91,

A voter isn’t a victim. A voter holds the power. That’s fucking why they try to suppress and limit voting.

Voting and registering to vote has never been easier in history. There’s no excuse.

If you’re that easy to suppress, you don’t care to begin with.

geosoco,

Yeah, but then you'd have to live in Texas and deal with 10x the bullshit you have to deal with in other states.

FediMan,

It’s probably an ideal campaign to promote to youngsters. Although the risk is that the plan could backfire if they get indoctrinated in conservative ideology.

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