Yesterday, Virginians took to the polls to decide on a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution that would “restore fairness” by “ensuring” standards in redistricting.
Yes, those exact terms were used on the ballot seen by about three million Virginia voters. The proposed amendment on the ballot read:
Question: Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts torestore fairnessin the upcoming elections, whileensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumesfor all future redistrictingafter the 2030 census?
“Restore fairness”? In what world would anyone not want to “restore fairness” to something?? What a shamefully misleading phrase.
The amendment does anything but “restore fairness.” Virginia voters “voted” 51.8% to 46% for Kamala Harris over President Donald Trump. The ballot measure passed 51.4% to 48.6%. Even the highly contentious 2020 election was 54% to 44% with Biden (allegedly) claiming Virginia’s 13 electoral votes.
Virginia’s U.S. Congressional representation is, at least for now, in line with these results, with six Democrat reps to five Republicans.
The new redistricting effort will hand over four of those GOP seats to the Democrats in an already-passed new map, resulting in 10 to 1,or 90.91% Democrat representation in a state where the Democrats barely have a majority.
California passed Prop 50, which will likely add 5 seats to the Democrats, bringing their total to 48 seats versus just 4 Republican seats (previously, Republicans held 9 seats),giving Democrats 92% of the state’s seatswith a population thatBiden only won by 63%in 2020 andHarris by 58%.
In the New England states, where the population voted around 40% for Trump in 2020 and 2024, Republicans have ZERO U.S. House seats. Forty percent of New Englanders have no representation in Congress. “Restore fairness.”
But California and New England aren’t the only examples:
Source: The Gateway Pundit
