The Texas state legislature is moving forward with a plan to redraw congressional districts, aiming to gain five additional Republican seats. Democratic representatives criticize this effort as a form of election theft, given that these districts historically favor Republicans despite their lower statewide voter percentage. Republican control exists over a significant majority of districts, with a troubling racial composition. The state's unique allowance for multiple redistrictings and the consequences of recent legal rulings on voting rights enable the GOP's strategic maneuvering, despite ongoing legal challenges to current maps.
Al Green describes the redistricting as theft, saying, 'It's really theft...the kind of election theft that you use when you realize that you can't win playing with the hand that you've been dealt.'
Texas Republicans currently hold 25 out of 38 congressional districts, all but one having a white voting majority, often won by double digits.
Despite holding two-thirds of the seats in Congress, Texas Republicans captured only about 58% of votes in the last election, reflecting discrepancies in representation.
The state of Texas allows multiple redistricting processes between censuses, which enables exploitation of legal loopholes, as seen after the Shelby County v. Holder decision.
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