Sentences with phrase «through gerrymandering»

«The redistricting reform passed today in Ohio makes it much harder for politicians to rig elections through gerrymandering and gives me hope that we can restore fairness to our elections in states around the country.

That may help cement the Dems control of the House of Representatives through gerrymandering in coming years.

Through gerrymandering, incumbents pick their voters before the voters pick them.

Although the number of registered Democratic voters in NY State is more than double the number of Republicans registered, the state legislature, through gerrymandering, «fake Democrats» and backroom politics has remained under Republican control.

Even House Minority Leader Charlie Halleck, a dedicated foe of anything but smokestacks in the dunes area, squeezed through his gerrymandered Second District by a relative whisker.

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Despite the Senate Republicans» attempts to marginalize her through partisan gerrymandering, she will prevail in any primary or general election with the full support of her Conference and our partners.»

I might write it as: gerrymandering keeps one person one vote, while the EC violates that through historical weighting and unequal state populations.

Hinchey's district, which stretches from the Hudson Valley through the Southern Tier to Ithaca, was gerrymandered specifically to protect a Democrat.

It's designed to detect cases in which one party may have won, widened or retained its grip on power through political gerrymandering.

And that would be possible if 1199 actually tried to help senate Democrats in Nassau and Suffolk counties, where several toss - up races this fall will determine the makeup of the upper chamber, and where Republicans have held sway through a mix of gerrymandering and weakened opposition.

By under - populating districts with one party and overpopulating others, the majority party can shift the balance of power without raising alarms through oddly shaped, gerrymandered districts.

Sure, if he follows through on his promise to veto their gerrymander, the New York Times editorial board will cheer, but then, for as long as he remains in this particular office, Cuomo will have to live with either a vengeful Republican Senate majority or a dysfunctional Democratic one, which may turn out to be even worse for him.

The Times, in a strongly worded editorial, chastised Cuomo not only for failing to follow through on his vow to veto gerrymandered legislative districts but for engaging in tactics that represent a step backwards in Albany's already undemocratic culture.

Senate District 31 is a gem of gerrymandering, running from Marble Hill and Inwood at the upper reaches of Manhattan, through Washington Heights, down a swath of West Harlem and the Upper West Side, into Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea.

Sue Lerner, with Common Cause, is urging the governor to follow through on his original threat to veto the lines if they are gerrymandered.

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the Brennan Center for Justice will hold a book talk with MSNBC's Zachary Roth on the quieting of voices of people of color, students, and other disadvantaged groups through means such as gerrymandering and Supreme Court Decisions.

If we can not have true democratic races between the parties because of political gerrymandering in the redistricting process, then real competition within the parties through the primary process is the next best thing.

More typical is the fact that these two battles are about a lot more than simply one district that snakes, gerrymander - style, through the Bronx and captures a bit of Westchester County, too, and another that hugs the northeast corner of Queens.

If the State Senate remains in Democratic hands, after the clownish couple of years it's been through and voters» universal disgust with Albany — gerrymandered districts notwithstanding — that would be another depressing sign for the state GOP.

The 39th State Senate District is another gerrymandered mess: starting in Rockland with the towns of Haverstraw and Stony Point, it sprawls 35 miles up the Hudson through all of eastern Orange County and continues into Ulster County, stopping just outside of New Paltz.

Threading boundaries between and through centres of population on the pretext of ensuring fairness is also a great way to cheat for your own benefit — a practice known as gerrymandering, after a 19th - century governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, who created an electoral division whose shape reminded a local newspaper editor of a salamander.

(Sigh) If they can just harness the light side of the force, break through that one gerrymandered code, save that one cornered group of people, fetch Luke Skywalker, they might live to see another day...