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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 week ago

Because they’re still majority white and white people in those states overwhelmingly voted for Trump.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is why Black republicans scare me. Like, dude, do you not see with your eyes what is happening??

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Part of it is institutional hurdles to voting.

The other part of it is the Democratic Party making big promises and then doing jack shit to fulfill them once they're elected.

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There are way more rascist crackers in Texas than you can possibly imagine. Makes sense when your state was founded by assholes and slave traffickers helping the US states acquire more slaves after direct import was banned. Remember, the Alamo was full of colonist insurgents taking land to continue slavery.

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because a huge chunk of the population doesn’t vote.

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[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Computers and marketing own humanity. There is no honest democracy.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Democrats have spent decades disenfranchising their own voters.

The Republicans want non whites to be enslaved or exterminated

The Democrats want non whites to be slaves but not understand they are slaves.

People are stupid, but they aren't that stupid.

I don't think I've met a single POC that has faith in either party after 2016.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I don’t think I’ve met a single POC that has faith in either party after 2016.

Nailed it. Also why 10,000,000 former voters opted not to miss a day's work in 2024.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

2 main reasons are the church and the population numbers. A lot of people in the South go to church and get group-indoctrinated to right-wing political team ideology. The population numbers are an issue because black people are still a minority, although generally less of a minority in the South than most of the USA.

[–] raptore39@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

It would be interesting to see a comparison of percentage of black people per state alongside this to see if there is any correlation

Do remember that the 2024 election was decided by a narrow margin

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (18 children)

White people absolutely despise blacks in the South.

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[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Well yeah obviously

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago
[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Because there aren't that many black people in those states in comparison. How is this even a post? The answer is so obvious with even a cursory knowledge of math.

People seem to think that gerrymandering can affect the presidential vote. It can not, since you win an entire state and its electoral college. Gerrymandering applies to state elections, like for example a congressman where you might redraw a voting district to aid an incumbant.

[–] neatchee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's only if you look at a single election in isolation.

However, when you consider that it is state government that decide things like how many polling locations to have and where to put them, whether mail-on ballots are supported, voter ID requirements, etc. your statement becomes less accurate.

Can you gerrymander a Presidential election? No. Can gerrymandering lead directly to a change in future presidential election outcomes? Resoundingly yes

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

So i take it you have numbers of exactly how many black people versus white people voted in the presidential election? That would indicate gerrymandering having an effect. If not, then i cant really take it seriously.

I should clarify that i take the issue seriously, which is why i really dislike posts like this OP where they make dishonest or misguided claims that only fuels the opposition.

[–] neatchee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

I'm not sure why I need to provide that information for the most recent election? Nothing I said is controversial or logically disputable

I don't give a shit about op in this context. I am responding to a claim that gerrymandering cannot change a Presidential election result and that is simply a demonstrably false statement. Whether it did or did not impact one specific election is irrelevant

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[–] Pheta@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

how to tell someone hasn't gone to school lol. Learn to read loser. Here's the Wikipedia link but I doubt you'll be bothered to read it. Gerrymandering has been a fact of life in the U.S. for a long time.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

And for US House districts

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