Sentences with phrase «with gerrymandered»

Instead, he's floating a flim - flam amendment that couldn't take effect until 2014 — and would hamstring voters with gerrymandered districts for a decade.

«Passing GENDA is not going to be easy with the gerrymandered and upstate - packed State Senate.

Not exact matches

Their control of the House has been strengthened by two factors: 1) Democrats» tendency to win with overwhelming margins in heavily Democratic urban areas, thus wasting votes; and 2) gerrymandering, which is the process of redrawing the boundaries of legislative districts to favour one's party.

In addition to calling your representatives, consider attending a town hall, writing letters the editor of your local paper, connecting with the local Democratic Party to help with voter registration efforts and to challenge voter suppression / gerrymandering, and (because it's becoming painfully obvious that progressives have ceded local politics to the extreme right for too long), running for office or helping a better candidate get the job.

One of the simplest means of dealing with this even retains the electoral college: have the EC allocate its votes for each state proportionately to the vote, regardless of electoral district (which also renders gerrymandering almost irrelevant, since the state is considered as a whole).

I may be missing the point, but I think gerrymandering works on districts of all sizes; teaching examples normally use districts with less than 20 voters.

And with the Democratic enrollment edge in this district, even despite the Senate GOP's best gerrymandering efforts during the redistricting process, it certainly didn't help Amodeo to be splitting the left - of - center vote with Davis.

That parties in the US get less seats than percentage of voters may also just be because the voting system is a majority voting system not a proportional one, similar to the UK but additionally with partisan district partitioning which allows gerrymandering.

Any of these can be gerrymandered and the latter two control their own redistricting (in aggregate, not individually), possibly in concert with the governor.

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.»

On the housing segregation by income and class, I would much prefer to use analogies with the Parisian suburbs, gated communities, and (perhaps over-dramatically) the social stratification of Dickensian London, or (most accurately) the electoral gerrymandering of Shirley Porter.

Also, this has to sting for the Senate Democrats, to whom Cuomo has not only refused to commit to supporting in their quest to win back the majority this fall, but arguably has actively screwed by working closely with the Senate Republicans and signing their gerrymandered redistricting plan into law.

The entire process whiffs of gerrymandering when calculations by the House of Commons library found that at the 2017 general election the Tories got one seat for every 43,018 votes nationally compared with Labour's 49,152 per MP or Liberal Democrats» 197,665 and Green's 525,665.

With Republicans controlling both state chambers, the congressional delegation was expected to remain at six Republicans and one Democrat, which was not lost on critics, who alleged racial discrimination and political gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering, which can be traced back to at least 1788, has resulted in 69 of 99 state legislatures and both houses in 35 states to be controlled by Republicans in a country in which both parties are pretty evenly represented, with Democrats slightly ahead.

And with Republican - controlled gerrymandering slashing our state into incoherent districts, our blue - leaning population is governed by red - leaning legislators.

The product is the «hyper - partisan,» in his words, lines which LATFOR, the state's legislative redistricting arm, came out with, that gerrymander the districts in such a way as to preserve the Republican majority in the Senate and the Democratic majority in the Assembly.

Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) submitted a map to the Democratic - controlled Legislature, which passed it even with unanimous Republican dissent over concerns over racial gerrymandering.

Gerrymandering is the redrawing of districts with the intent of benefiting a political party.

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.

Other finalists met privately with Paterson in December and January, including Gillibrand, then a sophomore member from the old 20th District, which followed the Hudson Valley from Poughkeepsie to Lake Placid but was gerrymandered around Democrat - rich areas in like Albany and Troy.

The topic has been the elephant in the room during much of this year, with Governor Cuomo threatening to veto any lines that are gerrymandered and not drawn in a non partisan manner.

Bye bye New York State (it was nice knowing you while you lasted) Hello PA (for those with the smarts and the money to get out) Hello Illinois (for the rest of us) with jacked up taxes and a permanent democratic majority in NYS government thanks to gerrymandering

You fail to understand that in 2002, Republicans gerrymandered the 11 Republican districts and lost all of them except for Peter King, who is now in danger since he now has a very competitive district with tens of thousands of minorities that are currently in Steve Israels district.

She was running with a cash disadvantage, in a GOP - gerrymandered district, with little name recognition and a hard - to - pronounce name.

You can not work with politicians from gerrymandered districts that fear a more unreasonable TEA party primary much more than they fear Democratic opposition.

Like, if the Republicans continue to control the Senate thanks to a Cuomo - approved gerrymander plus five defections that the governor was perfectly OK with, and then over the course of the next couple of years their conference blocks campaign finance reform and drug reform and a hike of the minimum wage, doesn't it become somewhat more difficult for Cuomo to explain to Democratic primary voters why he didn't just do something about it?

Mahoney says the governor scored with an ethics agreement in 2011, but struck out this year when it came to redistricting, agreeing to a plan that permitted gerrymandered districts.

She said Cuomo encouraged a «backroom deal» to get a group of Democratic senators to vote with the Senate GOP so that Republicans could keep control of the state Senate and added that he allowed the Republicans to draw their own gerrymandered district maps — a move she says suppressed Democratic voters.

Also, — Republican entered the 2002 election with brand - new gerrymandered districts to protect their 10 incumbents.

A smaller legislature, with commonsense districts instead of jigsaw puzzle gerrymandered ones, will be able to better represent the people — all the while saving money for taxpayers.

If you have issues with these lines, understand gerrymandering is not only Republican.

He has boasted about his ability to work with the current Republican leadership, and has been helpful to the conference's efforts to hang onto the majority, from his approval of a majority - gerrymandered district map to his general - election endorsement of a Republican incumbent who had voted for same - sex marriage.

In her highest - profile appearance since sitting down with Wendy Williams earlier this month, Nixon articulated her progressive vision with aplomb, touching on everything from gerrymandering to criminal - justice reform to recreational marijuana legalization.

Progressives have long accused Cuomo of disingenuously propping up the Senate Republican majority so he can use it as a convenient excuse — a buffer against having both legislative houses controlled by left - of - center Democrats — pointing to maneuvers like his 2012 deal with Skelos on a redistricting plan that gerrymandered districts in favor of the GOP.

Because gerrymandering relies on the wasted - vote effect, the use of a different voting system with fewer wasted votes can help reduce gerrymandering.

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.

«I believe you and your department at best may be charged with utterly and hopelessly failing the general public over these elections, and at worst may stand accused of gerrymandering.

The Missouri Supreme Court «agreed with the trial court's decision to dismiss several counts (including partisan gerrymandering claims), but remanded for a determination of whether the congressional districts (particularly districts 3 and 5) were sufficiently compact under state constitutional law.»

Sorry charliehall, but it is the democrat dominated Assembly that gerrymandered Riverdale along with the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn and Flatbush.

Cuomo signed gerrymandered lines because he thinks the Senate Democrats lack leadership, principle and an agenda compatible with his, according to «a source close to the Cuomo administration.»

«His decision now — whether to honor his pledge and veto the gerrymandered map or whether to allow the Legislature to get away with a self - serving map — is a key test of his leadership,» Koch said.

A new poll finds that while New Yorkers still think very highly of Governor Cuomo, they are not as happy with recent developments in Albany that include a secretive, middle of the night legislative session, and gerrymandered legislative district lines.

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

But some Labour MPs have accused the coalition of gerrymandering while some Lib Dems are reported to be unhappy about the prospect of losing seats in the shake - up - agreed as a package earlier this year in combination with May's referendum on the voting system.

Dick Dadey, with Citizen's Union says Cuomo should negotiate for less egregiously gerrymandered lines, and try to win agreement on a constitutional amendment to enact a more independent process, beginning in the next round of redistricting in 2022.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, says if the constitutional amendment is accompanied by a law that also requires the lines to be drawn in a less partisan manner, then it would be at least an improvement from the present system of unlimited gerrymandering.

One answer to Quinn's question: Progressives believe (with some cause) that Cuomo has abetted GOP control of the State Senate by coddling the turncoat Democrats of the IDC and approving gerrymandered district maps that aid upstate Republicans — and (with indisputable cause) that Albany is a bastion of corruption where well - heeled interests (most conspicuously, New York City developers) can purchase favors at bargain prices.

On June 28, 2006, the Supreme Court upheld the statewide redistricting as constitutional, with the exception of Texas» 23rd congressional district, which it held was racially gerrymandered in violation of Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, apparently to try to protect a Hispanic Republican representative.

What's more, it looks like the Republicans in the Senate, even with the power of the gerrymander, could be out of there.