How many people in this thread will say Illinois will become a GOP state in the 2020s to "compensate" for the GOP losing Texas?
I will predict that three users will.
I've never really understood the argument that parties will just change up their messaging and make a few policy concessions here and there, and the system will balance itself in short order. American politics has never been balanced. Republicans controlled the presidency for all but 8 years between 1860 - 1932. Democrats controlled the presidency for 20 straight years after, and controlled the US House for all but 4 years between 1932 - 1994. Most people who lived a long life post-Civil War died without ever seeing a country in which Republicans didn't dominate the White House and the Senate.
There is no rule in politics saying that a political party must quickly bounce back. Granted, since American's two major political parties are effectively institutions, they are bound to come back eventually, but it could take literally a lifetime for that to happen. Not to mention that at the state level, there are some states that have never been receptive to the opposing political party in practically their entire existence.
Exactly. It is just simplistic hope of some that Illinois will follow its neighbors in trends despite how different its demographics are.
And anyway I already know whichever map comes out for Illinois I will oppose. I oppose gerrymandering on principle! Even when it benefits Democrats!
