nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/03bbc0663066a783 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250810s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/03bbc0663066a783 doi eng 342 23 Sellers, Joshua Author aut The Texas Gambit - Gerrymandering and the Downward Spiral of American Politics Sellers, Joshua Verfassungsblog 2025-08-10 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier American politics at present is defined by the daily discarding of long-standing norms. The latest ignominy involves the brazen attempt, by the Republican leadership of the State of Texas, to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts to give the GOP control over an additional five seats; a move that, if successful, would raise the number of U.S. House seats held by Texas Republicans. What is unprecedented in the Texas situation is both the origin and timing of the attempted gerrymander, and the gaudy theatricality that has followed. CC BY-SA 4.0 elections Gerrymandering Texas USA Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/texas-gerrymandering-us/ raw object