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New York Loses House Seat After Coming Up 89 People Short on Census
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2022 May 23, 3:20pm 925 views 5 comments
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GreaterNYCDude
2022 May 23, 7:27pm
Once you get north of Weschster, New York goes from blue to purple to red in a hurry Sean Patrick Maloneys district used to be red, and may swing back that way. Those "upstate" don't want their country "cityfied".
Problem is for some reason the conservatives can't get their game together. They beat each other up so bad in the primaries, any independent is leery of them by the time we hit the general elections.
Contrary to popular belief, not all of NY is like NYC... and even the city has elected Republicans in the past. Case in point, Rudy Giuliani (circa 2001, not 2021).
Problem is for some reason the conservatives can't get their game together. They beat each other up so bad in the primaries, any independent is leery of them by the time we hit the general elections.
Contrary to popular belief, not all of NY is like NYC... and even the city has elected Republicans in the past. Case in point, Rudy Giuliani (circa 2001, not 2021).
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Patrick
2022 May 23, 9:50pm
Patrick
2022 May 23, 9:50pm
GreaterNYCDude says
It's really astonishing how consistent this is. Leave the cities, and suddenly it's all red.
Once you get north of Weschster, New York goes from blue to purple to red in a hurry
It's really astonishing how consistent this is. Leave the cities, and suddenly it's all red.
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zzyzzx
2022 May 24, 5:51am
zzyzzx
2022 May 24, 5:51am
GreaterNYCDude says
Staten Island.
Contrary to popular belief, not all of NY is like NYC... and even the city has elected Republicans in the past
Staten Island.
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WookieMan
2022 May 24, 6:46am
WookieMan
2022 May 24, 6:46am
HeadSet says
They elected her. Says more about the district staying the same. Apparently they want what AOC is bringing.
I'm meeting with our House Rep next week for $$$$ for a public project. She has to play us country bumpkins because of gerrymandering. Lauren Underwood is our district rep. Check that map out... one of the dumbest ever. If you know IL at all Lake County is I believe the wealthiest County in the state and probably a top 20 in the country. I'm no where near that location. Talking 60 miles in cornfields and Lake County is all McMansions near Lake Michigan. How the hell do you represent that evenly?
We're going to be her token Federal hand out because she needs our red neck votes. That's seriously the only reason. Benefits our town and property values, but the reasoning behind it is the purest form of douche baggery. She picked a district where the good part has millionaires and billionaire and then farm fields with mostly working class blue collar people.
I've said it before. Make the districts fucking square besides natural boundaries like the Mississippi River for example. Or an ocean. A state like CO should just have all square districts based on population is the best example since it's a square state. If we did that in IL I wouldn't be in a district with billionaires who are going to have the pull to get their project done and get federal dollars. We got extremely lucky with a one off project that will likely get funded. All the money usually goes to Lake County.
Yet AOC's district survived.
They elected her. Says more about the district staying the same. Apparently they want what AOC is bringing.
I'm meeting with our House Rep next week for $$$$ for a public project. She has to play us country bumpkins because of gerrymandering. Lauren Underwood is our district rep. Check that map out... one of the dumbest ever. If you know IL at all Lake County is I believe the wealthiest County in the state and probably a top 20 in the country. I'm no where near that location. Talking 60 miles in cornfields and Lake County is all McMansions near Lake Michigan. How the hell do you represent that evenly?
We're going to be her token Federal hand out because she needs our red neck votes. That's seriously the only reason. Benefits our town and property values, but the reasoning behind it is the purest form of douche baggery. She picked a district where the good part has millionaires and billionaire and then farm fields with mostly working class blue collar people.
I've said it before. Make the districts fucking square besides natural boundaries like the Mississippi River for example. Or an ocean. A state like CO should just have all square districts based on population is the best example since it's a square state. If we did that in IL I wouldn't be in a district with billionaires who are going to have the pull to get their project done and get federal dollars. We got extremely lucky with a one off project that will likely get funded. All the money usually goes to Lake County.
The map merged the Manhattan districts of Jerrold Nadler and Carolyn Maloney, who have each served in the House for 30 years and now appear headed for what will be an expensive and high-profile August primary battle.
In Westchester County, north of New York, the homes of two Black Democratic first-term congressmen, Mondaire Jones and Jamaal Bowman, were drawn into the same district.
Meanwhile, Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of the Democratic Party's national congressional campaign arm, said this week he would run in a new district that included most of Jones' current seat, angering many of Jones' allies who said he would be forced into running against either Maloney or Bowman.
But Jones said early on Saturday he would instead run in the new 10th district that includes parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan. Bill de Blasio, the former New York City mayor, has already announced his intention to run for the district, which is expected to draw a crowded field of candidates.