Yeah that's a good point, I forgot how even in red states cities are often Democratic
Skywatcher
Captain
It's the same problem facing the Democrats with a California split into 3-4+ states:
You will probably get a net gain of 2-4+ Senators. But then you lose a significant part of your Electoral College "wall" since there's going to be at least one new red/blue state.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
It will never happen unless one party get overwhelming power but as you've see in that last election with the largest turnout ever, no party is going to let the other get that much power without civil unrest to the least and an armed coup to worst.
If you're referring to redrawing state lines, Texas is special since it negotiated the right to redraw its lines once as part of joining the US, so even if Biden or whoever attempted to stop it there's not much they can do
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
If Texas were a blue state, they would be able to spin how that right means nothing. Just like how Biden getting more popular and electoral votes than Trump means nothing.
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
China gain more self confidence good let see if it translate into real step in diplomatic, economy or military sphere
China’s Combative Nationalists See a World Turning Their Way
China’s Communist Party is pushing the narrative that the pandemic has proved the superiority of its authoritarian model. The muscular message is finding fans at home.
“Most ordinary Chinese people previously were more admiring of the United States, but in recent years, the advantages of the Chinese system have become clearer to them,” said Jin Canrong, an international relations professor at Renmin University in Beijing who has become a popular commentator under the
China’s diplomats and its state-run media have responded to criticism from Western governments with scornful disdain. Chinese supporters of a more muscular foreign policy call for hitting back against Western critics, especially in the wake of the pandemic.
Le Yucheng, a Chinese vice minister of foreign affairs, that China was not spoiling for fights, but he also warned other governments not to underestimate its resolve to push back against criticism.
“Faced with this suppression and containment without scruples,” Mr. Le said, “we’ll never swallow our pride or stoop to compromise.”
China’s Combative Nationalists See a World Turning Their Way
China’s Communist Party is pushing the narrative that the pandemic has proved the superiority of its authoritarian model. The muscular message is finding fans at home.
“Most ordinary Chinese people previously were more admiring of the United States, but in recent years, the advantages of the Chinese system have become clearer to them,” said Jin Canrong, an international relations professor at Renmin University in Beijing who has become a popular commentator under the
China’s diplomats and its state-run media have responded to criticism from Western governments with scornful disdain. Chinese supporters of a more muscular foreign policy call for hitting back against Western critics, especially in the wake of the pandemic.
Le Yucheng, a Chinese vice minister of foreign affairs, that China was not spoiling for fights, but he also warned other governments not to underestimate its resolve to push back against criticism.
“Faced with this suppression and containment without scruples,” Mr. Le said, “we’ll never swallow our pride or stoop to compromise.”
As long as China does not see another giant wave of COVID outbreak that halts the economy again, the West would likely face a far more confident China that questions whether the Western system of democratic checks and balance still deserve attention and respect. Over the last year, liberal voices (and those of the doves) in China are becoming more marginalized.
Fixed that for ya!
In Latin America, a Biden White House faces a rising China
As President-elect Joe Biden readies to enter the White House on Jan. 20, Beijing has tightened its grip over vast swathes of the resource-rich region once seen as the United States’ political backyard.
A Reuters investigation, including interviews with current and former officials and advisers, and an analysis of trade data, found that under Trump, China has left the United States trailing in terms of power and influence across most of Latin America.
As President-elect Joe Biden readies to enter the White House on Jan. 20, Beijing has tightened its grip over vast swathes of the resource-rich region once seen as the United States’ political backyard.
A Reuters investigation, including interviews with current and former officials and advisers, and an analysis of trade data, found that under Trump, China has left the United States trailing in terms of power and influence across most of Latin America.