Politico: Who will control the House? Look to New York.

[brooklynite]

ALBANY, N.Y. — The road for control of the House might just run along the Hudson River.

Instead of serving up new Democratic lawmakers for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a mix of open seats and new ones drawn up in New York’s messy redistricting process have turned a deep blue state into a battleground as Democrats are desperate to defend their thin margins in Washington.

At least a half dozen congressional races stretching from Long Island to Ithaca will be instrumental in deciding whether Republicans are positioned to drown the remainder of President Joe Biden’s first term in subpoenas, hearings and bad press going into 2024.

By many predictions, New York has as many contested seats as any state in the nation, and POLITICO’s Election Forecast puts two as toss-ups; three as leaning Democratic and one leaning Republican. That makes New York — which hasn’t elected a Republican statewide in 20 years — one of the most unlikely stages of political theater this election cycle.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/11/new-york-house-races-election-2022-00055485

[TigressDem]

1. F***ing gerrymandering.

It should be made entirely illegal.

Divide up areas in a logical manner that does not even LOOK at who votes there so it is fair to the people who live there.


QUIT TRYING TO RIG ELECTIONS, Repugs!!!

Man up, woman up and do the work to give people a REASON to vote for you.

If you are there to "just say no" ya' gotta go.

[Deminpenn]

4. The same guy who helped draw the current NY maps

also helped draw the current PA map. Our maps are fairly drawn and I'll bet NY's are too.

[Meadowoak]

2. Politico is no longer credible, if it ever was!

[brooklynite]

3. What in the story do you disagree with?

[Butterflylady]

9. Gerrymandering aside 2022 is going to be different.

J6 and the SC have changed everything. And yes Politico is rubbish.

[KPN]

5. How in the world did this happen in a deep blue State? Has the State legislature always been

red?

[brooklynite]

6. Democrats have a super-majority in both chambers.

The mistake was actually passing a law that said they couldn't gerrymander.

[KPN]

7. So New York Congressional districts are not gerrymandered districts?

[brooklynite]

8. The Democratic Legislature attempted to Gerrymander the districts...

Republicans got the gerrymander thrown out on the basis that the redistricting law passed 10 years ago forbade gerrymandering. The Court ordered a Special Master to redraw the lines.

[budkin]

10. While at the same time DeSantis himself drew the Florida map

And it was rejected by their legislature and he passed it anyway. We "play fair" while they get away with murder.

[brooklynite]

11. If by "play fair" you mean "obey a Court Order" then yes.

The NYS Legislature and Governor Cuomo chose to put in language that said Gerrymandering was illegal. Florida didn't.

[budkin]

12. My point is we are literally shooting ourselves in the foot

We can't try and make fair districts while red states gerrymander the shit out of everything.