"You were hiding in a supply closet" on Jan 6 — Allred humiliates Cruz on debate stage

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@anon61221983

Um… no, that’s not the case at all. There is certainly knock-on effects from gerrymandering, especially of the kind found in Texas, which was highly aggressive in nature (and implemented with veiled threats to Democratic voters). People who don’t believe that their vote will have any impact locally, will often not come out to vote at all, meaning that they are less likely to come out for statewide elections.

I understand where you are coming from but I would consider those to be the knock-on effects and disadvantages of first past the post voting rather than Gerrymandering. If we magically got rid of Gerrymandering tomorrow. People would still not turn out for elections where one candidate has a large lead over another.

The specific unfair advantage given in drawing a district in a way that either packs or cracks voters does not apply to the state wide races the same way as the district races do.