Gerrymandering, It's What Democrats Do Best

“...the Democratic brand is in the basement. It is total and complete garbage in the mind of the American public.” — CNN Data Analyst Guru Harry Enten; August 2, 2025

By Robin Itzler 

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Democrats have always been the past masters at gerrymandering.  It's what they do best... at least until President Trump came on the scene.  The U.S. Congress basically had Democrats and RINOs with a few actual Republicans sprinkled throughout the GOP. Thanks to Trump morphing the party into America First Patriots, MAGA Republicans are pushing back at the insanity tossed to us by Democrats. For instance gerrymandering, which communist Democrats have made into an art form. 

Per Vice President J.D. Vance: “The gerrymander in California is outrageous. Of their 52 congressional districts, nine of them are Republican. That means 17 percent of their delegation is Republican when Republicans regularly win 40 percent of the vote in that state. How can this be possibly allowed?”

Consider these blue states based on the 2024 presidential election: 

• Connecticut—President Trump received 41.9 percent of the popular vote. Connecticut has five House seats, ZERO are Republican. 
• Delaware—President Trump received 41.8 percent of the popular vote. Delaware has one at large House seat, it is not a Republican. 
• Hawaii—President Trump received 37.1 percent of the popular vote. Hawaii has two House seats, ZERO are Republican. 
• Maine—President Trump received 45.6 percent of the popular vote. Maine has two House seats, ZERO are Republican. 
• Maryland—President Trump received 34.4 percent of the popular vote. Maryland has eight House seats, but only ONE is Republican. 
• Massachusetts—President Trump received 36 percent of the popular vote. Massachusetts has nine House seats, ZERO are Republican.
• New Hampshire—President Trump received 47.9 percent of the popular vote. New Hampshire has two House seats, ZERO are Republican. 
• New Mexico—President Trump received 45.9 percent of the popular vote. New Mexico has three House seats, ZERO are Republican. 
• Oregon—President Trump received 41 percent of the popular vote. Oregon has six House seats, one is Republican. 
• Rhode Island—President Trump received 41.8 percent of the popular vote. Rhode Island has two House seats, ZERO are Republican.

If blue states were represented in Congress based on how its citizens voted in presidential elections, there would be less Democrats and more Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives. This is why communist Democrats are violently upset that Texas is planning a mid-decade redistricting update and other red states are considering the same. With many blue states already gerrymandered into a lopsided Democrat Congressional majority, Democrats can’t go tit-for-tat with Texas.

Except maybe California.

California Gov. Gavin “Hair Gel” Newsom, who thinks he would make a great president (insert laughter here) would like to copy Texas’s plans for redistricting between census counts. However, Herr dictator has a problem. In 2008, voters approved creating the California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CCRC) to make the process fairer. Using the most recent Census report, every 10 years CCRC creates a new district map that supposedly makes the population more evenly represented in the U.S. House and state legislature. Unlike Texas, where Governor Greg Abbott could call a special session to create a new redistricting map, Gov. Hair Gel can’t do the same.

Hair Gel’s plan is to hold a special election later in the year for Californians to vote on disbanding the CCRC and returning redistricting back to the state legislature. (Insert barf bag here.) Both voters and the legislature would have to approve this change, but no one likes Newsom, as he's so focused on further gerrymandering California and seemingly trying to run for President... all in order "to save democracy"... and all the while under his guiding hands California is turning into a third world toilet. 

Many observers say the special election would just be a facade since Democrats in the state often count ballots until they get the desired results. How can anyone dispute the results since the state lacks election integrity.

1. Mail-in ballots
2. Ability to vote numerous times in different precincts
3. Multiple ballots sent to the same address or forwarded to an out-of-state address
4. Unprotected ballot drop boxes
5.  Dead people voting.

North Korea might hold fairer elections than California.  Still, Republicans in the state are intent on keeping the CCRC and there are some Democrats who also don’t want the legislature to decide redistricting.

But, we'll see.