Democrats are in full-on meltdown mode over Republican states’ mid-decade redistricting plans, Save Jerseyans, and they’ll get absolutely no sympathy from me.
Too bad, so sad. I support fighting fire with fire!
I’d love to live in a time without gerrymandering. Competitive districts are better for the health of our republican than “safe” ones which fail to hold elected officials accountable. Unfortunately, the system can’t function if one side routinely exempts themselves from the rules of engagement. I’m happy to walk any Democrat upset over what’s unfolding in states like Texas and Florida through New Jersey’s notorious 2021 redistricting saga and a villain named John Wallace who rigged the process on behalf of Democrats. I’m not joking. Click here if you want to learn more about what was unambiguously one of the more ethically-challenged and transparently partisan redistricting processes in the history of the Garden State. Campaign donations, judicial corruption, allegations of data manipulation… beyond the pale.
The impact of the Wallace-rigged map is no longer theoretical.
Donald Trump performed historically well in New Jersey last year, losing the state by less than 6 points in the closest finish for a GOP presidential nominee here since 1992. In 2004, when George W. Bush lost New Jersey by 6-ish points and GOP U.S. House candidates won 46.12% of the vote across 13 districts, Republicans won 46.15% of the House seats. The resulting delegation was a clear reflection of the actual democratic result!
In 2024? President Trump did a bit better than Dubya statewide, and House GOP candidates in New Jersey amassed a similar 43% margin of the vote to their performance of twenty years prior, but nevertheless walked away with only 25% of the House seats (only 3 of 12) this time around:
2024 House Elections in Blue States:
GOP Seats Won: 23 of 135
GOP Seat Share: ~17% pic.twitter.com/VtIS4xPwuO— Quantus Insights (@QuantusInsights) July 30, 2025
New Jersey Republicans should have walked away with at least 5 seats in 2024, but they didn’t almost solely because the current congressional district map was designed to protect a Democrat supermajority in the state’s House delegation.
So, yeah… any Democrat who wants to cry foul over the efforts of GOP states to redraw their maps is welcome to, as my late great salty grandmother used to say, “go sh*t in their hat.” I don’t want to hear it.
