CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 12, 2025
HERE IS THE DEFINITION OF GERRYMANDER: “THE DIVIDING OF A STATE OR COUNTY INTO ELECTION DISTRICTS SO AS TO GIVE ONE POLITICAL PARTY A MAJORITY IN MANY DISTRICTS WHILE CONCENTRATING THE VOTING STRENGTH OF THE OTHER PARTY INTO AS FEW DISTRICTS AS POSSIBLE.”
THAT IS WHAT GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT OF TEXAS IS TRYING TO DO WITH HIS SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. AND IT IS WHAT CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM AND GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL OF NEW YORK, BOTH DEMOCRATS, PROMISE TO COUNTER ABBOTT.
THE CONSTITUION DICTATES DRAWING DISTRICTS EVERY TEN YEARS AFTER A CENSUS. DEMOCRATS HAVE DRAWN DISTRICTS IN WAYS THAT KEEP REPUBLICANS FROM WINNING FEW, IF ANY ELECTIONS. REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE THE SAME.
REPUBLICANS ARE RIGHT WHEN THEY SAY DONALD TRUMP WON 40 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN SOME STATES THAT DON’T HAVE ANY, OR FEW, HOUSE MEMBERS.
IN THE END IT’S ALL ABOUT GRABBING POWER, NOT REALLY WORKING TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE. IF ONE PARTY DOESN’T THINK IT FAIR THE WAY LINES HAVE BEEN DRAWN, IT CAN GO TO COURT. WHAT’S BEING DONE NOW IS ONLY FURTHER DIVIDING US. I’M CAL THOMAS.
You need to mention what started this whole mess, namely how Governor Greg Abbott turned a special legislative session that was supposed to deal with the tragic Kerrville floods into a cynical power play to grab a few extra seats. Governors Newsom and Hochul are merely working to counter that. Ultimately the American people are the losers.
EXCEPT MASSACHUSETTS AND ILLINOIS WERE DOING GERRYMANDERING LONG BEFORE ABBOTT