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SHOCKING: Gerrymandering By the Numbers


By: Kevin Jackson | November 5, 2025

Read more at https://theblacksphere.net/2025/11/shocking-gerrymandering-by-the-numbers/

Democrats, ever the lying scumbags I know most of them to be lie about gerrymandering. Without question, Democrats gerrymander more and far worse than Republican-controlled states.

Even RINO former California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar called out Gavin Newsom.

Gerrymandering by the numbers

Because of what Schwarzeneggar said, I decided to look at the numbers.

StateTrump Vote %Total SeatsGOP House SeatsRepublican %
AL64.57571.43
AK54.511100.00
AZ52.29666.67
AR64.244100.00
CA38.352917.31
CO43.18450.00
CT41.9500.00
DE41.8100.00
FL56.1282071.43
GA50.714964.29
HI36.5200.00
ID66.922100.00
IL43.517317.65
IN58.69777.78
IA56.244100.00
KS56.54375.00
KY64.56583.33
LA60.26466.67
ME45.4200.00
MD34.18112.50
MA36.0900.00
MI49.713753.85
MN46.78450.00
MS59.04375.00
MO58.58675.00
MT58.422100.00
NE59.433100.00
NV50.64125.00
NH47.8200.00
NJ44.912325.00
NM44.3300.00
NY43.326726.92
NC50.9141071.43
ND67.011100.00
OH55.2151066.67
OK65.155100.00
OR41.06116.67
PA50.3171058.82
RI41.7200.00
SC58.27685.71
SD63.411100.00
TN64.29888.89
TX56.2382565.79
UT59.444100.00
VT32.3100.00
VA46.111545.45
WA39.010220.00
WV70.022100.00
WI49.68675.00
WY71.611100.00

The Analysis

While they rail about how “gerrymandering” is a terrible breach of democracy, the data screams they’ve been pulling the string.

I reviewed the states where Donald Trump’s 2024 popular vote margin diverged meaningfully from the congressional delegation breakdown. I excluded 21 states

  • If the vote margin closely aligned with congressional seats
  • or the state only has 1–3 representatives because a single seat swing in those states creates massive percentage swings

I kept states where the vote margin was meaningfully greater or lesser than the proportional House-seat count. What remained was 29 states where divergence was significant enough to suggest more than mere coincidence.

In those 29 states: Republicans hold an advantage in 17 states, Democrats in 12. If you convert that to actual House-member counts, Democrats have a 36-seat advantage vs. Republicans’ 26-seat advantage. If everything were fair and aligned with Trump’s vote numbers, Republicans would be owed an additional 10 seats. That’s not a minor wiggle—it’s a flashing red light on the scoreboard.

Now, please note: I’m using the official vote counts, which the left conveniently labels “sacred.” But as we all know, that’s the floor—not the ceiling. Millions of illegal votes? We’ll leave that aside for now, because even based on the recorded numbers, Democrats still hold the structural advantage. So when the Democrats yell “gerrymandering!” like they just discovered instant replay, they’re conveniently forgetting the score.

The Myth of Republican ‘Advantage’—Laughed out loud by institutional research

The narrative they want you to swallow: “Republicans are the map-riggers, the bad guys, they draw lines to steal seats.” But real research begs to differ. For instance:

  • The Brennan Center for Justice’s analysis found that, overall in this redistricting cycle, the maps favor Republicans, estimating a GOP advantage of about 16 House seats from map-drawing alone. (Yes, irony alert.) Brennan Center for Justice
  • The Brookings Institution published a piece titled “The gerrymander myth” explaining that it isn’t clear Republicans hold the advantage lately, contrary to the handwringing from the left.

So—let’s pause the hypocrisy: when the left screams “map fraud!”, their own data suggest the system leans against them right now.

Why the left’s whining about disproportionate outcomes is especially funny

They lecture about fairness, equity, “one person, one vote,” while sitting on structural advantages they fought tooth-and-nail to build. Then they limp into courtrooms, framing themselves as victims. Meanwhile, you’re looking at the state-by-state data showing them with a net seat gain just by how the lines were drawn.

Democrats have historically derived structural benefits from map-drawing, incumbency advantages and “safe seats.”

Next, if Republicans are earning 10 more seats by the math alone under these conditions, then in a truly fair map scenario—and ignoring illegal voting concerns—the GOP would be in significantly stronger shape. The Left’s current war-cry (“stop the gerrymanders”) is disingenuous when their own advantage is baked into the system. They didn’t get there by honesty; they got there by shape-shifting the field. In truth, the map-drawing process matters to the final outcome far more than many voters realize.

Pushback: “It’s just geography!”

Right on cue, you’ll hear: “Well, duh, Democrats cluster in cities. That’s why they waste votes.” The Left has loved that one for decades. But:

  • Geographic clustering helps both parties in different states.
  • It also doesn’t absolve party operatives from manipulating map lines.
  • The complexity is real—and when you review studies like those of the ALARM Project at Harvard, you see that while geography plays a role, the partisan-map effect is not negligible. Harvard News
    So yes: geography is part of the story. But it’s only part of the story—and the Left doesn’t get to pick and choose.

Accuse Republicans of what Democrats are Doing

Just when the Democrats thought their narrative was planted deep—it stirs in the wind. For example, Hakeem Jeffries and other left-leaders promote the idea that Republican gerrymandering is the root of the problem. Know why? Because it’s easier to turn the tables than to admit you built the table. They want to deflect.

But the numbers don’t support their claim. The math from actual map-analysis from non-partisan sources shows GOP map-draws dominate in many states right now. The left’s outrage is script-flipped. They don’t get to cast themselves as victims and architects simultaneously and expect to get away with it.

A quick caveat: my analysis is limited—and fair

Let me pause for full transparency:

My numbers exclude the “illegal voting” factor. If millions of illegals cast ballots for Kamala Harris, the real Republican advantage would be larger than the 11 extra seats I estimated.

Map-analysis is messy. Some research finds the net national seat-bias from gerrymandering to be modest. For example, the ALARM Project estimated the pro-Republican bias declined from about 16 seats to 10 seats in the 2020 cycle.

In spite of those limitations—the conservative view holds stronger: the Left built a war-machine, and Republicans are now exposing it. The numbers don’t lie.

Democrats picked this war

And here’s the knockout line: Democrats picked this war. They spent decades stacking districts, building safe-seat pipelines, and erasing competitive races. They let the rigged boards sit until the bill came due. Now that Republicans are analyzing, exposing and pushing back, the Left is squealing about “unfair map terror.” Too late, folks. The game board is flipped.

As we stand on the brink of the next redistricting cycle, let’s remember: the Left has an advantage they refuse to publicly acknowledge, despite the sequencing of math, data and reality. So when they rant about Republicans having a map advantage—check the scoreboard. Because the real cheat sheets belong to them.

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Newsom Vetoes Bill Requiring California Parents to Affirm Kids’ ‘Gender Transitions’


By: Tony Kinnett / @TheTonus / September 25, 2023

Read more at https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/09/25/newsom-vetoes-bill-requiring-california-parents-affirm-kids-gender-transitions/

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday vetoed a bill that would have classified not affirming a child’s gender transition as “child abuse.” (Photo: Patrick Fallon/AFP/Getty Images)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a state measure on Friday that would have required parents to “affirm gender transitions” for their children or risk losing custody. State Democrats’ bill, AB 957, cleared both the California Senate and the Assembly along party lines two weeks earlier on Sept. 8. AB 957 would have added “gender affirmation”—a term California doesn’t define or explain—as an essential need of every child to California family law, along with “health, safety, and welfare.”

Assembly member Lori Wilson, D-Suisun City, whose child identifies as transgender, wrote the bill and introduced it Feb. 14. State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, co-sponsored the measure.

The Daily Signal previously reported that Wiener successfully amended the bill June 6, altering AB 957 from requiring a judge to consider whether a child experiencing gender dysphoria was “affirmed” by parents to making “gender affirmation” an essential need of a child in California. Violating the standard of “health, safety, and welfare” set for a child under the California Family Code can carry penalties under the California Penal Code—prompting parents, activists, and lawmakers to speculate that the new law could result in parents being charged with child abuse or neglect for not participating in their child’s transgenderism.

Parents, lawmakers, and activists said they were furious with California’s passing AB 957, and urged Newsom not to sign the bill.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk, a California resident, called AB 957 a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and “utter madness.”  Musk, who owns X, the social media app formerly called Twitter, is the father of a child who claims to be transgender.

Nicole Pearson, founder of the Facts Law Truth Justice, a law firm and civil rights advocacy group, described the legislation as “unconstitutional, unscientific, and cruel” in an interview with The Daily Signal:

AB 957 is illegal, unconstitutional, unscientific, and cruel, and will not stand. It does not define “affirmation,” rendering it impossibly vague for judges to apply and, thus, “void for ambiguity.”

It violates parents’ and guardians’ fundamental and constitutionally protected First Amendment rights to speak freely, be free from compelled speech, and exercise their religion because they will be forced, for example, to say they will affirm or to not say that they won’t, or that they believe their child needs alternate care, even if they do not believe it, just to maintain custody. 

Similarly, it will deprive them of their Fourteenth Amendment right to direct the care and upbringing of their children, which has been safeguarded—without hesitation—by the U.S. Supreme Court for over a century.

Many speculate that Newsom vetoed the bill because he is attempting to appear less extreme as a potential presidential candidate. Erin Friday, a California attorney and co-leader of Our Duty, a parental rights advocacy group, says Newsom “only vetoed the bill because he seeks higher office.” While we celebrate the governor vetoing this horrendous bill, we know that the Governor did not veto it for the sake of protecting parents and children. He continues to assert that children who are struggling with gender issues should be transitioned. Newsom only vetoed the bill because he seeks higher office. Perhaps as the Governor fields the vitriolic outrage of the extreme left, it may dawn on him how unhinged those who want to force parents to either transition their gender-dysphoric kids or lose them.

Newsom did sign SB 407, which would prevent “LGBTQ foster youth” from being placed in homes in which parents don’t believe in LGBTQ+ ideology. In total, Newsom on Friday signed eight pro-LGBTQ+ bills, which dramatically increase California’s authority to require citizens to acquiesce to LGBTQ+ ideology.

Wiener criticized Newsom’s AB 957 veto, calling it “a tragedy for trans kids here & around the country.” He also claimed that “trans kids” are living “in fear,” accusing “right-wing politicians” of targeting and attempting to “erase [trans kids’] humanity.” Wiener provided no evidence to back up his accusations.

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Democrats accuse DeSantis of ‘trafficking’ migrants, demand DOJ prosecution — and a US attorney speaks out


By CHRIS ENLOE | September 16, 2022

Read more at https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrats-accuse-desantis-trafficking-migrants/

Democrats are accusing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) of human trafficking and demanding that the Justice Department take action against him.

The accusations came on the same day that dozens of migrants arrived in Martha’s Vineyard. GOP governors have been sending migrants to “sanctuary” localities in recent months because President Joe Biden has failed to address the border crisis in which millions of migrants have overwhelmed the southern U.S. border.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) wrote the Justice Department demanding that “kidnapping” charges be considered against DeSantis. Without evidence, Newsom claimed migrants were lured onto the plane that eventually went to Martha’s Vineyard, thus accusing DeSantis of operating a “fraudulent scheme.”

Several of the individuals who were transported to Martha’s Vineyard have alleged that a recruiter induced them to accept the offer of travel based on false representations that they would be transported to Boston and would receive expedited access to work authorization. The interstate travel at issue provides a basis for federal jurisdiction over this matter.

Accordingly, I strongly urge the U.S. Department of Justice (US DOJ) to open an investigation into possible criminal or civil violations of federal law based on this alleged fraudulent scheme.

Specifically, Newsom suggested DeSantis is guilty of kidnapping and violating the civil rights of migrants and suggested he violated a law typically reserved for prosecuting organized crime.

Democrat Nikki Fried, who campaigned against DeSantis for governor, also wrote Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting an investigation, claiming that DeSantis is “trafficking” migrants.

I am writing to urge your office launch an immediate investigation into the actions of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the transportation of 50 migrants by plane to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The use of human beings to score political points is first and foremost detestable. Additionally, this maneuver raises serious legal questions and will have untold repercussions on the individuals caught up in the Governor’s political stunt. An investigation is necessary to understand who these immigrants are, how they were transported across state lines, and if their rights were violated.

Shockingly, U.S. attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins said Thursday that she will speak to the Justice Department about “next steps.”

“We are looking into that case, and we’ll be speaking with members of the Department of Justice. Massachusetts isn’t the only place where this has happened,” she said, Politico reported. “We have several other sister communities — whether it’s D.C., New York, California — where we’ve seen things like this, and we’re hoping to get some input from the Department of Justice about what our next steps might be, if any at all.”

Under Biden’s leadership, migrants have been transported to cities all across the U.S. because immigration facilities near the border have been overwhelmed by the number of migrants entering the U.S.

Although left-leaning PolitiFact tried to downplay the truthfulness of this, the outlet clearly explained, “The federal government flies adult detainees in its custody from one facility to another, or from one U.S. city to another during deportation proceedings. The U.S. government in some cases also flies unaccompanied children who are being released from its custody to a family member or sponsor.”

The Washington Post also explained, “Both U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fly undocumented immigrants to different locations in the United States.”

To be fair, the same type of migrant transportation happened in the Trump administration. The pace of transportation, however, has significantly increased because of the border crisis.

NBC News even reported on the Biden administration’s plan to send migrants to cities across the U.S. as they await their turn in immigration court.

One thus wonders what the difference is between the federal government transporting migrants via bus or airplane and Republican governors doing it. Apparently nothing, because administration officials referred to their plan as the “Abbott plan.”

A spokesman for the governor reiterated that “sanctuary” localities are best suited to care for migrants.

“States like Massachusetts, New York and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states and support for the Biden administration’s open border policies,” said DeSantis communications director Taryn Fenske.

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Claire Gatzke Op-ed: Gender transitions on children: A tale of two governors


By Claire Gatzke, Op-ed contributor | Monday, August 08, 2022

Read more at https://www.christianpost.com/voices/gender-transitions-on-children-a-tale-of-two-governors.html/

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at The Rosen Shingle Creek on February 24, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images

If you did a case study of our political and cultural polarization and how radically different the Democratic and Republican parties are, look no further than each party’s poster boy — California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

Earlier this week, GOP darling DeSantis held a press conference where he boldly stated the dangers of transgender medicine — particularly on children. “They are actually giving very young girls double mastectomies, they want to castrate these young boys. That’s wrong,” DeSantis said, “both from the health and children well-being perspective, you don’t disfigure 10, 12, 13-year-old kids based on gender dysphoria.”

Thursday, DeSantis showed the world that he meant business when he suspended Florida State Attorney for refusing to enforce state law regarding the protection of minors from gender transition treatment.

Meanwhile, in Newsom’s California, a radical bill just passed out of committee Wednesday in the state assembly that would give California courts the right to take “temporary emergency” custody of out-of-state children whose parents won’t affirm their gender identity or are stopping their children from receiving gender transition treatment. If this bill passed, California courts would even turn a blind eye if a child from another state was kidnapped from their parents or legal guardians and taken to California for the purpose of gender transitioning.

While the bill still needs to be voted on by the General Assembly and the State Senate before making its way to the governor’s desk, it’s likely to pass and be signed into law by Newsom who, last fall, celebrated signing bills that would hide abortions and gender transition treatment for California minors from their parents.

Now, rather than just submitting children who are California citizens to this dangerous medical experimentation, Newsom and the California Left are ready to export their radical gender ideology nationwide and become a top travel destination for minors looking for hormonal or surgical gender transition treatment.

While California attempts to become a “sanctuary state” for young people who identify as transgender, states across the country and even the FDA are starting to wake up to the risks of gender transition treatment for minors. In July, the Food and Drug Administration slapped a warning label on puberty blockers after six girls between the ages of five and 12 suffered from severe side effects, including tumor-like brain masses and eye paralysis.

Despite this implicit admission of the weakness and dangers of “gender-affirming care,” the radical transgender ideology train isn’t slowing down in California any time soon. In Wednesday’s committee hearing, 17-year-old Chloe Cole, who medically transitioned to become a male from the ages of 13 to 16 before transitioning back to being a female, testified against the bill. In her statement, Cole referred to her gender transition experience as “irreversible and painful” and that she “really didn’t understand all the ramifications of any of the medical decisions [she] was making.” She also expressed that her doctor “brushed off [her] parents’ concerns about the efficacy of hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries” and “were pressured to continue [her] so-called gender journey.” Despite hearing this heartbreaking testimony, the committee passed the bill 11-4.

On the East Coast, DeSantis is ready to go to the mat to protect children like Chloe from experiencing the same sorrow and regret, while the Left in California are all too eager to help children ignore the care and concern of their parents for the sake of protecting their radical gender ideology.

As major figureheads for their respective political parties, Newsom and DeSantis offer the American electorate a snapshot of two very different paths the country can take. With California and Florida as the examples, Americans will have to choose, come November, if the United States is going to be a nation that protects children or one that experiments on them.

Originally published at The Washington Stand. 

Claire Gatzke is a Development Operations Associate at Family Research Council.

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