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Okay, so I know I've talked about this issue in the past.

I like to have a variety, but I have to do a deep dive episode on gerrymandering because of Gavin Newsom and California.

That's right. California, here we come. Okay. Over the weekend, Democrats in the state unveiled their new proposed partisan gerrymandered map.

Now remember, California has 52 congressional districts, the most of any state. Under the current map, Democrats hold

43 seats and Republicans have nine. In the 2024 election, President Trump won 11 seats.

There are two Trump seats that have a Democratic congressman. The 13th district, which is represented

by Democrat Adam Gray. He won his

election by 555 votes out of 130-something thousand cast. It was a very, very tight election.

And Josh Harder in California, ninth is the other Democrat. So the state begins with overwhelming

Democrat and Democratic congressional, Democratic congressmen being

disproportionately represented compared to the percentage that President Trump received statewide.

Trump won 38% of the statewide vote. Republicans hold just 19% of the seats. It's one of actually

the most extreme partisan gerrymanders.

When you look at it like that, aside from maybe like New Jersey, New Mexico, and Illinois,

even though it's quote, unquote, New Jersey and Illinois, New Jersey and California have, quote, unquote, independent maps.

I'm not including like Vermont, which only has one congressional district.

You know, that doesn't, that doesn't matter.

But California has a very, very, very, very partisanly gerrymandered map to begin with

that underrepresents Republicans voting intentions statewide.

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