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Hochul Could Flip 3 Seats With Redistricting
Posted On 04 Feb 2022
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed off on a new congressional map Thursday that analysts believe is more favorable to Democrats than the prior map.
The new map has drawn criticism from state Republicans who have accused the Democrats of “illegally gerrymandering themselves into permanent power” and have said they are evaluating their legal options.
“These bills are necessary to reapportion districts and to provide certainty and clarity regarding such districts in a timely manner, allowing for efficient administration of the electoral process. The enactment of these bills marks the culmination of the legal process of redistricting,” said a document indicating that Hochul had signed the redistricting legislation.
The new map could tilt Democrats’ 19-8 hold on the state’s congressional seats to 22–4, marking one of the biggest seat shifts in the country, according to Dave Wasserman, a national elections analyst with the Cook Political Report. The new map has also caught the attention of former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is mulling a congressional run, according to Politico.
The New York Republican Party expressed its outrage and created a petition to protest the new map. In late January, Nick Langworthy, the state’s GOP chairman, said in a statement that the party was considering its legal options on the map.
The new map eliminates the district held by Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney and merges two districts held by Republican Reps. Lee Zeldin and Andrew Garbarino. Additionally, Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’s district will become more favorable for Democrats.
The New York State Assembly passed the new map 103–45 Wednesday and the Senate 43–20 later that day. Both are controlled by Democrats. The map was initially going to be drawn by an independent commission, but it failed to reach an agreement on the map and sent different proposals to the state Legislature in early January.
The state lost a congressional seat during the most recent census and will now have 26 seats for the next decade. The new census data come out every 10 years, and states reevaluate their congressional district maps in response.
Original Article: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/new-york-governor-approves-congressional-map-that-could-flip-three-seats-to-democrats?
HOW, how in TF did they manage to do this? GERRYMANDERING is illegal. Republicans had better fight tooth and nail over this..WE CANNOT let these evil, lying, corrupt, pond sucking scum get any kind of advantage. WE HAVE TO GET THEM OUT!!!
Both sides of the isle use gerrymandering to try to get into permanent power.It is not just (D) who do this.The drawing of districts needs to be done by unbiased people,and those who are chosen must be vetted before they are allowed to draw districts.I live in AZ and have seen both sides of the isle use gerrymandering.It is likely nothing will be done about it,because almost everyone who would do this has been paid off by criminal government officials from the local to the federal level to do their bidding.
In my experience most government people are actually pretty honest. The problem is that gerrymandering is very convenient to those in power since it helps keep them in power.
You are kidding about the honest part!
Amen Lisa I completely agree with everything you Said.
Just MORE of the way Democrats are destroying America , The FIX is in , Every time the Democrats do any thing it has to be their Favor. New Districts so the Democrats pick up a seat. Let illegals vote so the Democrats so Democrats pick up a District, mail in voting so the Democrats can pick up Senator or Like they want , to pick the President . Nothing the DEMOCRATS do is for the American people , its all for the Democrats to get more POWER so they can RULE the COUNTRY. Democrats are Destroying the Constitution and America.
The criminal leftist dems know the only way they can maintain power is to bribe, lie, cheat and steal.
They need a wall around New York so the brain dead idiots who vote for these clowns can never leave and infest any other states with their liberal way’s
Communism at it’s best! Poor residents living in this evil ruined democrat state!!! As Tom MacDonald rapped “ You Stupid!
Republican and Concervatives need to gather up their families and move out of that state and also move out of California. Let Democrates rule their Blue States right into the ground so they nolonger exist! Then people with some Common sence can move back in and reset the states!
As everyone was clapping over getting rid of cuomo, myself and a few others were warning all about who was taking his place. If people would just do some basic research they would know what’s coming. hochul is nothing more than a female version of cuomo and will do anything to keep herself and the demoTRASH in power. So this gerrymandering to make it easier for the demotrash to lie cheat and steal should be a surprise to no one. When election time rolls around, NY’ers beyyer be smart enough to get rid of her or they will have the same thing that we have in the Oval Office — an obama 3rd term, NY will have another cuomo term.
Foreign to me, how does one know how a given district will vote ?
I can only guess previous voting records , figuring that out brings a host if other questions so if that much is correct , remove that information from whoever is deciding in districts. Then to further
Aid legitimacy , let redistricters decided districts in their neighboring states not their own ! Thisshoukdcremove most politically created barriers to fairness .