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Celerity

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14. You are talking about that bullshit Cuomo-spun up Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)
Sat May 21, 2022, 12:13 PM
May 2022

gambit in NY State Senate, that took away the real Dem majority for a a spell in the 2010's.

We have a HUGE, veto proof majority in the NY Senate now.




Also, The NY Assembly has been controlled by the Democratic Party since 1975 by MASSIVE margins, so the Rethugs could not have done shit.



Finally, as I stated above, it is mathematically impossible to draw a map in NY that gives them your claimed 21R 5 D majority.

You would have to draw illegal districts that rammed in millions of Dems into a few mega districts, that would be instantly struck down.

You cannot have a series of US House seats with a small, tiny number of Rethugs and also almost no Dems (so a Deep red micro district), and then slam in 1, 2, even 3 million Dems into a Blue blob mega trap district, then repeat that with another huge Blue blob trap district, then another, etc etc.

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Actually somewhat decent maps for Dems. ColinC May 2022 #1
Not compared to where things were FBaggins May 2022 #2
I mean, could be much worse ColinC May 2022 #3
No, as we potentially could end up with as few as 16 seats, versus a very likely 22 based off the Celerity May 2022 #5
Am I the only one that doesn think the worst case scenario of 16d 10 r is that bad? ColinC May 2022 #6
16 D seats, plus the lost NY seat to reapportionment (it went to TX if memory serves) would be a Celerity May 2022 #9
While what you say is true, the possibility is still not unheard of ColinC May 2022 #10
You are talking about that bullshit Cuomo-spun up Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) Celerity May 2022 #14
Yeah. The reality of the present speaks for itself, as you say. ColinC May 2022 #20
Also ColinC May 2022 #12
You need to update your figures, we have taken some big losses since that February/March false dawn. Celerity May 2022 #15
Republicans have 1 gain. Dems have 7. ColinC May 2022 #16
Dave Wasserman: Democrats had a really strong Dec-Feb in redistricting battles. But the last few Celerity May 2022 #18
Right. But all I'm saying is that compared to the old map where Dems still have a majority ColinC May 2022 #19
I also want to add that regardless of the maps ColinC May 2022 #22
The Republicans map is a ,eamingless reference point. brooklynite May 2022 #13
That is only a 4 year old reality ColinC May 2022 #17
We're not talking about 2030; we're talking about now... brooklynite May 2022 #24
And the reality is that they will still win every house seat they can ColinC May 2022 #25
IAnd I will have to waste money on NY seats... brooklynite May 2022 #27
Agreed ColinC May 2022 #28
And if we have a good year, there are still some pick up opportunities that can ColinC May 2022 #7
22 was the original D target (NY lost a seat due to reapportionment) Celerity May 2022 #11
IMO there should be no such thing as gerrymandering. Districts are cast by city, town, etc. and RKP5637 May 2022 #4
Chump caused this when he intentionally messed up the 2020 census FakeNoose May 2022 #8
The Census Bureau said just the opposite occurred. former9thward May 2022 #26
Neutral expert? It was neither. ananda May 2022 #21
Look at the judge! We got fucked hard (and we DOMINATE NY, how the hell did he get the map case??) Celerity May 2022 #23
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