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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,403 posts) Mon Dec 15, 2025, 02:51 PM Dec 15

Democrats' Redistricting Efforts Must Focus on January 2029 to Avoid a Trump Coup

In the redistricting wars Republicans started in Texas, Democrats have focused on the wrong date. Every elected official and talking head jumping on the bandwagon points to November 2026.

Instead they must focus on January 2029. Specifically, January 3, 2029.

Under the Twentieth Amendment, the term of representatives elected in 2026 will end at noon and those elected in 2028 will immediately begin. Three days later - January 6, 2029 - those new members of Congress will count the electoral votes for president.

If Democrats do not hold a majority in the House or Senate on that day, American democracy could very well die.

We all remember what happened on January 6, 2021. While millions of MAGA have rewired their own brains to believe the violent thugs storming the U.S. Capitol were patriotic protestors, most of America knows what it saw. An insurrection. A coup. A blade that pierced the skin above democracy’s heart.

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Democrats' Redistricting Efforts Must Focus on January 2029 to Avoid a Trump Coup (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 15 OP

If Democrats don't hold majorities in congress in 2029, it won't be due to gerrymandering Fiendish Thingy Dec 15 #1

Fiendish Thingy

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1. If Democrats don't hold majorities in congress in 2029, it won't be due to gerrymandering

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Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:12 PM

Dec 15

As we will see next year in the midterms, republican redistricting gives the appearance of an advantage for more seats, but it actually weakens what were once extremely safe red seats. There are few states, other than CA, NY or IL, where redistricting might help.

Dems will easily take the house in 2026, despite gerrymandering. Instead of picking 40-50 seats, they might only flip 30-40. They only need 4.

While there are potential risks for ratfuckery and general shenanigans, gerrymandering is relatively low on that scale under the circumstances.

If they fail to keep the house and retake the senate in 2028, after the American people have suffered through four years of Trump 2.0, it will be an utter and complete failure of the DNC.

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