Posted on 02/01/2022 11:27:28 PM PST by 11th_VA
New York Democrats on Sunday released a congressional gerrymander so egregious that it makes Republican efforts pale in comparison. It’s also a flagrant violation of the state constitution, which means it is up to the state’s Democratic-appointed judges to show courage and throw this map out.
Empire State Democrats left no stone unturned in their efforts to thrash Republicans. Nathaniel Rakich at FiveThirtyEight suggests the map could give Democrats the edge in terms of gains from redistricting nationwide. Cook Political Report redistricting guru Dave Wasserman explains that Democrats were so precise that only a few precincts in the entire state were left unused in their masterpiece. Republicans would be expected to lose four of their eight seats as a result. This should be the end of the matter, politically speaking, as Democrats control both chambers of the state legislature with supermajorities sufficient to enact the map...
The New York Constitution clearly states that districts must “consist of contiguous territory,” “be as compact in form as practicable” and not be drawn to disfavor political parties. This map runs afoul of all three points: It includes one district, the third, that is not contiguous (it jumps across Long Island Sound where there is no bridge connecting the seat’s parts; it includes multiple snake-like seats in New York City; and — as Wasserman notes — it can be explained only as a conscious design to minimize Republican opportunity.
… only state judges can block this redistricting. That’s dispiriting, since all seven of the highest state appellate court’s justices were appointed by Democratic governors. Expecting justice from this set is like expecting lions to pardon their prey...
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Shameful.
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This may actually backfire.
The Gerrymandering is based on diluting your voters to just enough to guarantee victory, and bunching all opposition voters in as few as possible districts.
The problem is, that, if voter preference shifts, just a little bit, you may end up with opposition grabbing most of those barely Democratic districts. I am not sure about NY state situation, but that happened before.
Since Biden is so unpopular, I would not be too surprised!
The Swamp RATs have to gerrymander in order to win any seats in Congress. That’s how the Marxist RATs turned Arizona PINK.
we all know what they do and we allow it
Albany is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deep State, Inc.
I have no faith in judges. I hope I never have to be in front of one, they are corrupt if they are Dems.
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