https://davesredistricting.org/join/1c8bc548-612f-4f68-9789-961c6f5f335c
Here is a good starting point for Texas redistricting. To be clear, I do not support this map it is too risky but this is the maximum Republicans could draw and still have hold up in court. The current Voting Rights Act seats are maintained but no additional democrat-leaning seats are drawn. Fletcher and Aldred's seats are cut up and made safe R. I also found a way to make TX-23 lean a lot more Republican without making it any less Hispanic. I removed a lot of the San Antonio suburbs, and included more rural whites and West Texas conservative Hispanics. Now the district went for Trump by 6 points, likely for Cruz as well. I believe it would hold up in court, since the current one did and this district is no less Hispanic. 69% total and 62% citizen VAP. Another crucial change I made is sending the fajita strips into Austin instead of rural white areas. They are all 82-83% Hispanic, so shouldn't count as packs, that are Hispanic enough so Austin white libs won't control the primaries. I also increased the Hispanic percentage and Lloyd Doggett's seat so it should actually perform as a vra seat. Overall I tried to get most Republican seats to around Trump+25. My Waco based seat Trump+13, but that should be pretty safe given that the district does not include any suburbs. It actually trended slightly red from 2008. The remainder of the Republican seats range from Trump+20 to 30. Also, suburban-rural combos should hold up better over the decade. This map is 27R-1LR-11D.
If I were the Texas Republicans, I'd make it 24R-1LR-14D, with the additional vote sinks in Austin, Dallas, and Houston. If you do that, you can get the suburban Trump districts to Trump+30, and have more minority seats, which helps the map survive court challenges.
This map just made me throw up in my mouth.
