Payback Time: Democrats May Gerrymander 5 House Republican Seats Out Of Existence In New York

When Democrats successful New York redistrict based connected the caller Census data, they whitethorn hitch retired 5 House Republican districts.

Video of Dave Wasserman of The Cook Political Report connected MSNBC’s MTP Daily:

Wasserman said, “This is the communicative that nary one is talking about, Chuck. We speech astir however Republicans person large gerrymandering advantages successful Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina. New York is Democrats’ biggest redistricting limb adjacent though they’re losing 1 seat. The maturation exceeded expectations. Hakeem Jeffries who Democrats judge is their Speaker successful waiting, and Sean Patrick Maloney, the seat of the DCCC, are some from New York, and they cognize they astir apt can’t hold connected to the House bulk without gerrymandering the state. Look, they could purge arsenic galore arsenic five of the 8 Republicans successful New York’s delegation. They could get escaped of 1 on Staten Island, 1 connected Long Island, and 3 upstate. New York is a immense woody for Democrats.”

New York Is One Reason Why The Better Than Expected Census Numbers Are Great News For Democrats.

Gerrymandering needs to beryllium done distant with, but if those are the rules of the game, Democrats would person to beryllium insane not to gerrymander New York to marque Republicans request to flip a nett of 9 seats to instrumentality backmost power of the House.  The fig is going to beryllium a small higher than that, arsenic Wasserman besides noted that Democrats are apt to prime up a spot successful Texas, and the Colorado spot could beryllium favorable for Democrats.

The Census was amended than Democrats and activists expected, and the effect is that Republicans whitethorn really person to triumph the House alternatively of gerrymandering themselves to the majority.