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Depends on the part of Texas you’re in. Texas is a very large state.
and yet Texas keeps reelecting fucking racists like Abbot, Cornyn, and Cruz as a totality of the Texas electorate
Yes, 2/3 of the state is still red. If you broke Texas up into smaller states, you’d probably get three red and two blue. But it would be worth it so that the people living in the blue could get accurate representation and benefits. They’d probably even connect themselves to the national electric grid!
Gerrymandering
It's not gerrymandering. Unless they're changing the boundaries of the state you can't gerrymander elections for governor, senator, etc. Really it's the terrible education system and religion pumping nonsense down people's throats.
It creates a bigger Republican majority in state legislature and keeps Texas looking red which makes people think 'my vote doesn't count.' We have the people. We just need for them to vote!
I heard you can drive for over 40 hours in Texas and still be in Texas. My mind can't comprehend this.
You'd have to be driving very slowly, or not in a straight line. Coast-to-coast in Canada is like 60.
That’s a bit of an exaggeration. I suppose, if you went in a circle or got stuck in traffic, but at an avg of 50mph 40 hours would be 2000 miles. Texas isn’t that large. It could take about 20 hours to get across though.
"Heck, I had a truck like that once."
You can drive for 40 hours in Rhode Island and still be in Rhode Island. But if you're going in a straight line, 12 hours seems to be the longest route across Texas.
Oh shoot I thought were over this
800 miles
The European mind cannot comprehend this