Texas Legislators, who didn’t want to vote on redistricting, ironically hid in one of the many blue states that had been gerrymandered by Democrats for years. The Illinois electoral map is so bizarrely carved up that even fired late-night host Colbert described one congressional seat, District 13, as looking like a scorpion stinger.
By viewing Illinois’ 2024 map, area-wise, between 90-95% is in red for Republican. However, Harris won the popular vote by 11% (3,062,863 to 2,449,079). That’s 54.37% to 43.47% of the vote. But, due to gerrymandering, the Democrats won 14congressional district seats compared to losing only three seats to Republicans.
Illinois is only one example of these procedures and bias. Currently the Mayor of Los Angeles is up in arms because ICE representatives are arresting the worst of the illegals that flooded into the country under Biden. Mayor Bass and state officials are losing long-time California residents who are leaving the tax-pit state in droves. The Department of Homeland Security estimates that 2.6 million illegals reside in California.
There’s a nonsense Washington, D.C., rule that congressional legislative districts count all bodies (including illegal immigrants). Fifteen percent of the state’s 39 million population are trespassers, thus California has more congressional seats than they rightfully should have, if common sense was anywhere on the horizon.
Before the summer of 2025 Republicans were hesitant to object to the mandatory count of all bodies in states for fear of being accused of racism. This time around with Chinese, Mexicans, other Central Americans, Africans, South Americans, Middle Easterners, all teaming across the border, it has spotlighted the problem of illegal immigration. Also, by discussing redistricting in an off year it has brought to the forefront the universal gerrymandered that’s been prevalent.
Isn’t transparency great? And as John Adams said, “facts are stubborn things.”
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