I agree, but that really is the point. Strain government services so they are shit, then use that as an excuse to privatize it as much as possible and funnel the funding to the oligarchs.

I thought the idea was that Trump wasn’t paying them? As in that’s the point, the Federal government is forcing the states to foot the bill as a sign of fealty.

It’s not my estimates, it’s actually polling data that is showing that among Hispanic voters in Texas that voted for Trump, his approval rating is dropping noticably.

From what I’ve seen if you account for voting trends even just back through 2016 or 2012, this redistricting isn’t very helpful. The 2024 voting trends seem more like an anomaly, especially with Hispanic voters. Given Trump’s crack down with ICE, his approval ratings among those voters have gone negative.

Remember they are basing all of this redistricting in the data from only 1 election cycle, 2024. Even though it’s obvious the trends related to Hispanic voters are likely moving back to historical levels favoring the Democrats. So in other words, this redistricting could easily blow up in their faces and increase the number of democratic seats.