Florida Gerrymandering

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According to the Florida Department of Elections, as of March 31, 2022 the state wide party affiliation is:

Republican Party of FloridaFlorida Democratic PartyMinor PartyNo Party AffiliationTotals
5,145,983.005,034,448.00256,560.003,871,336.0014,308,327.00
36.0%35.2%1.8%27.1%100%
Totals reflect the number of active registered voters in the State of Florida.

Considering the No Party Affiliation is 27.1% and the Minor Parties are 1.8%, let’s compare difference between the Republican and Democratic Parties, combined together is 50.5% to 49.4%. This is a 1.1% difference.

In Florida the Republican Governor rejected the State’s Legislators to submit his own Congressional map for them to approve, which they did.

Total Congressional Districts in FloridaRepublican Congressional DistrictsDemocratic Congressional Districts
28208

With the difference between the Republicans and Democrats being 1.1%, one could reasonably assume a fair distribution of congressional districts to be equal or, at most, one district different. Even though the difference is near 1% the Republican have majority in 71.4% of the districts.

If at any point the government no longer represents the majority of the people, can one honestly say it is a democracy?