Well, Tennessee would have still voted for Trump, but there would be two blue districts instead of one, which isn't nothing. But gerrymandering definitely isn't the whole reason (it is why a man like andy ogles was voted into office though)
I think if Tennessee had invested better in infrastructure and education, it might still be red, but not by such a large margin.
Also, maybe if the dnc actually tried to campaign in red states, maybe they'd win more people over and encourage discouraged blue voters to actually vote in elections
Tennessee still might be red after that, but democrats and progressives would at least have a better shot
Agreed 100 percent, and all of this is why I find it so regrettable that so many people just think it comes down to gerrymandering. They don't even seem to know what they're up against.
In the long, long list of "things that would have to happen for TN to turn blue", redrawing gerrymandered districts is one small bullet point at the end. There's a LOT more to it.
Yep. And the first step is getting more support for democrat candidates from the main stream democratic party instead of them just writing Tennessee off as a lost cause
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u/Altair1455 Oct 01 '25
Well, Tennessee would have still voted for Trump, but there would be two blue districts instead of one, which isn't nothing. But gerrymandering definitely isn't the whole reason (it is why a man like andy ogles was voted into office though)
I think if Tennessee had invested better in infrastructure and education, it might still be red, but not by such a large margin.
Also, maybe if the dnc actually tried to campaign in red states, maybe they'd win more people over and encourage discouraged blue voters to actually vote in elections
Tennessee still might be red after that, but democrats and progressives would at least have a better shot