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Ted Cruz: “Illinois. 54% of people in Illinois vote Democrat... There…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Texas Democrats Surrender—Explaining Dem Redistricting Hypocrisy Nationwide

Published | Video Starts at 18:12

It means Democrats get 56% of the vote statewide in New York, and they get. Wait for it, 73% of the statewide congressional delegation. How about Illinois? All right, Illinois is really egregious. Illinois. 54% of people in Illinois vote Democrat... There are 17 congressional seats from Illinois. 14 of them are Democrat. Only three are Republicans. So here are the numbers. Democrats in Illinois get 54% of the vote, and they get 82% of the congressional delegation. The governor, I'm sure, was like, come on down, Texas. (18:12–18:39)

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Asserts the distribution of congressional seats in Illinois does not proportionally reflect voter percentages.

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