Kamala Harris will campaign in the Lone Star State, not because she expects to win Texas, but because she wants to shine a light on Texas’ abortion ban.
Kamala Harris will campaign in the Lone Star State, not because she expects to win Texas, but because she wants to shine a light on Texas’ abortion ban.
Note: Gerrymandering doesn’t impact state wide races like senate and presidential. Only district based things like house seats
California is far more blue than texas is red. California votes around D+20 statewide, Texas is more like R+5 ish
Small aside- Some states split their electoral votes so it would matter there (Nebraska and Maine)
Texas also has the most effective voter suppression and disenfranchisement in the country. It can be very difficult to vote in the blue cities.
Note- yes it does.
If you feel your vote for local offices doesn’t count (and indeed a lot of races are uncontested) then you’re less likely to vote at all.
So technically you’re right but in practice I would argue gerrymandering has a huge impact on statewide offices.
That really depends on what office and presidential vs non-presidential election years.