Texas Democrats just can’t handle losing. Instead of facing the legislative process head-on, they picked up and fled to Illinois—one of America’s most egregiously gerrymandered states—to stop a congressional map that favors Republicans from advancing in their own state. But this sort of double standard is old news for the left. Democrats wailing about “unfair maps” act as if Donald Trump invented gerrymandering, conveniently forgetting that both parties, for decades, have played this game when handed a majority.
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There’s no way to sugarcoat the obvious: when it comes to gerrymandering, Democrats are the worst offenders.
Democrats Want the Gerrymander All to Themselves pic.twitter.com/iPUtPESGxD
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An analysis from the Washington Examiner highlights the glaring hypocrisy in the partisan gerrymandering debate by pointing out that four of the five most gerrymandered states in the country are controlled by Democrats. According to the analysis, Illinois, California, New Jersey, and New York—each run entirely by Democratic governments—have congressional maps that give their party significantly more seats than their share of the vote would justify. For example, Illinois gives Democrats a 27-point advantage in congressional representation despite the party only winning 55% of the presidential vote. California and New Jersey also show double-digit gaps in favor of Democrats.
North Carolina, the only Republican-led state on the list, ranks fourth, with a 20-point GOP advantage. Meanwhile, Texas—often held up as the poster child for Republican gerrymandering—actually has a smaller partisan gap under its current map. Republicans won 56% of the presidential vote there and hold 66% of the congressional seats, a 10-point edge that would increase under a new map but still wouldn’t match the distortions seen in Democratic strongholds.
Rep. Pat Fallon didn’t hold back in dismantling the left’s favorite talking point on Fox News Tuesday afternoon. He laid out the numbers that the left would rather ignore. In the top five blue states—California, Washington, Illinois, New York, and New Jersey—there are 117 congressional seats. Democrats control 93 of them. “That’s 79%,” Fallon said. Then he flipped the script on the GOP strongholds: in Texas, Ohio, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, Republicans control only 72 out of 104 seats, or just 69%.
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“So the Democrats were very effective at gerrymandering in the 2020 cycle,” Fallon continued, pointing to the glaring disparity between the national vote totals and the actual seat count. “We, the Republican candidates for Congress in 2024 got five million more votes than Democratic candidates. So we should statistically have somewhere between 230 to 233 seats. In the House we have 220. We almost lost control.”
This data crushes the narrative that Republicans are the ones gaming the system. Fallon drove the point home: “When they talk about gerrymandering… they better find a mirror.”
Fallon also pointed out that even if Texas Republicans successfully redraw their maps and gain five seats, the imbalance will still favor Democrats: “It’s still out of whack ’cause it’ll be 79% to 74.” He called the effort to adjust the maps a move toward “balancing the scales a little more evenly.”
🚨Rep Fallon: "When [Dems] talk about gerrymandering, they better find a mirror."
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 5, 2025
In the top 5 blue states, Dem control 79% of seats.
In the red top 5 red states, Republicans control 69% of seats.
BUT GOP candidates for Congress in 24' got 5 MILLION more votes than Dem… pic.twitter.com/mOKEMiYt1w
The truth is, Democrats aren’t upset because the system is unfair—they’re upset because it’s finally catching up with them. For years, they’ve weaponized redistricting in states they control while crying foul whenever Republicans dare to do the same. But the numbers don’t lie. The worst gerrymandering offenders are blue states, and the imbalance has allowed Democrats to stay competitive despite losing the national popular vote for the House. What’s happening in Texas isn’t some assault on democracy—it’s long-overdue course correction. And no amount of grandstanding from AWOL legislators hiding out in Illinois is going to change that.
