Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Why the new platform from the Republican Party of Texas matters

"If Texas Republicans embrace this return to a county-unit type of system, they'll actually have created something even more unequal than the scheme concocted by segregationists of a century ago. Harris County, the home of Houston, has a population of 4.7 million, while Loving County has a total population of 64. Harris County has a sizable black population, while Loving is (as far as I can tell) entirely white. But one vote in Loving would mean more than 70,000 votes in Harris." 

Kruse added, "It's staggeringly unequal, and silencing an 'urban' vote that is of course now not just coded as more liberal but racially diverse too. And that, of course, is the point."…

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