January 12, 2017 – Obama and Holder start the DNC’s gerrymandering strategy in 2017

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The National Democratic Redistricting Committee was founded by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and President Barack Obama on January 12, 2017. The NDRC is the first-ever strategic hub for a comprehensive redistricting strategy. Our strategy has shifted the balance of power back to the people, raised awareness of redistricting, and empowered the public to get involved in the fight for fair maps. (NDRC)

Our Mission:
A Representative Democracy

We’re on a mission to make our democracy truly representative and ensure that every voter has a fair shot at making their voice heard in the process.

Attorney General Eric Holder established the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) with support from party leaders, President Barack Obama, and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi because they understood that the redistricting process was vulnerable to politicians who care more about protecting their own power than ensuring voters choose their representatives.

Under Attorney General Holder’s leadership, the NDRC is the centralized hub to fight for fair maps. Since our founding, we have executed a comprehensive redistricting strategy that includes shifting the balance of power away from total Republican control of redistricting, raising awareness of redistricting, and empowering the public to get involved in the fight for fair maps.

After launching, we immediately began preparing for the 2020 Census and the 2021 redistricting cycle. We supported reforms to create new independent commissions or clear standards for fair redistricting, helped elect candidates at the state level that matter for redistricting, examined Census data and apportionment numbers, educated and empowered people to get involved in the redistricting process, and meticulously analyzed new state legislative and congressional maps. Our affiliate, Redistricting Action, organized thousands of Americans to advocate for fairness and transparency in the process.

And in 2022, thanks to those efforts, The New York Times called the nation’s new congressional maps “the fairest in 40 years.” Many Americans across the country voted in much fairer congressional and state legislative districts in 2022 and 2024.

Fair maps are a threat to Republican power, so during the summer of 2025, at the direction of President Trump, Governor Abbott and Texas Republicans passed an egregiously gerrymandered map ahead of the 2026 midterms to protect their slim majority in the House of Representatives. The White House and Republicans know how unpopular their policies are, and they are terrified of being held accountable by the voters, so they are executing a scheme to gerrymander as many states as possible because they are afraid of the voters they claim to represent.

This redistricting arms race is a new, dangerous threat to free and fair elections in America. The NDRC and affiliates are fighting back and using every tool at our disposal: mobilizing people to take action, filing litigation, supporting Democratic candidates for office, and analyzing the new maps as they come.

We won’t rest until every voter in America is fairly represented. We hope you’ll join our mission. (Read more: National Democratic Redistricting Committee, NDRC)

Who draws the maps in your state?

Every ten years, states redraw the boundaries for their legislative and congressional districts to reflect population changes.

The people or bodies responsible for that work—whether it’s a state legislature, an independent commission, or a combination of both—play a major role in shaping how communities are grouped and represented. (NDRC)

2025-2026 Electoral Priorities

The National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) is supporting a targeted slate of state-level elections in 2025 and 2026 that are critical to safeguarding and strengthening our democracy.

This work is part of an aggressive campaign to stop anti-democracy agendas in the states — including gerrymandering, attacks on judicial independence, and efforts to restrict citizen-led ballot initiatives. We’re focused on electing leaders who will help build a fairer, more representative democracy and ensure that voters, not politicians, decide the outcome of elections.

We are investing in races that are critical to the long-term fight for fairness. Being successful in these elections could help lay the foundation for an even fairer redistricting process in 2031.

Priority States:

Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hamshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin  (NDRC)

Grok: Were illegal aliens counted in the 2020 Census and were additional congressional seats created to represent them?

Yes, undocumented immigrants (often called “illegal aliens” in this context) were counted in the 2020 Census, and this contributed to the allocation of congressional seats via apportionment.

When the U.S. does their 2030 census after Biden let in 15 million illegal aliens that live in blue state sanctuary cities, how will that affect the apportionment of congressional seats?
Current estimates put the total undocumented immigrant population at approximately 13–15 million as of 2023–early 2025 (Pew: 14 million in 2023; CIS: ~15.4–15.8 million in Jan 2025; MPI/CMS: ~13.7 million). This reflects a net increase of roughly 3–5 million since early 2021 under the Biden administration—not 15 million new arrivals. (Border encounters exceeded 10 million, but millions were expelled/returned, and estimates account for overstays, departures, and adjustments.) Claims of 15+ million new undocumented entrants are overstated per multiple analyses. pewresearch.org
(Grok did not count the total number of illegal immigrants that entered our country after 2021. Also, very few illegal aliens were turned away from the border during the Biden regime.)

Projected Impact on 2030 Apportionment

Apportionment remains zero-sum (fixed 435 House seats redistributed by total resident population, which includes undocumented immigrants). The exact 2030 outcome depends on:

  • Future net migration (post-2025 enforcement/deportations could reduce growth).
  • Births, domestic migration, and overall state population trends.
  • Census accuracy.

No official projections exist yet, but the most detailed recent analysis assuming continued growth at recent paces (from the Center for Immigration Studies) estimates:

  • Undocumented immigrants alone could redistribute ~7 House seats in 2030 (up from ~2 in 2020).
  • Including their U.S.-born minor children: ~9 seats.

Projected state-level shifts (from illegal immigrants + children, per that analysis):

  • Gains: California (+3 total impact in some scenarios), Texas (+2–3), Florida (+1), New Jersey (+1), Massachusetts (+1), and smaller gains in other high-immigration states.
  • Losses: Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and several other lower-immigration/Midwest/Southern states (typically 1 each).

This is a modest effect relative to the 435 seats. Broader immigration (legal + undocumented) would have a larger cumulative impact (~22–28 seats redistributed), but undocumented-specific effects remain smaller. cis.org

May 2026:

August 13, 2025 – Victor Davis Hanson to Democrat Party: “You have been the most vicious and the most abject subverters of democracy”

May 1, 2026 – The Democrat redistricting racket takes a major hit; SOTU overturns misinterpreted section of Voting Rights Act and ends racial gerrymandering