Democrats Blew Their Big Opportunity to Make New York Winnable in 2024
slate.com
“Republicans never behave this way,” one close observer of redistricting efforts said.

After over a year in court, millions of dollars on lawyers’ fees, an overhaul of the state’s highest court, and an all-out battle to throw out New York’s congressional districts and replace them with something more favorable for Democrats, the New York legislature, empowered with the ability to flip control of the House single-handedly, voted to confirm new maps, signed by the governor into law. The result: The number of Trump-won districts in the state has officially increased from five to six.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Emphasis mine.

    Charitably, New York Democrats were probably afraid that if Republicans sued successfully, a court could redraw the map with no solicitude for Democratic incumbents. They were trying to protect themselves, with little concern for national Democrats. But if Republicans had sued to thwart a gerrymander and won, the cost would have been minimal: The Legislature would merely have to try again.

    Instead, it didn’t even try, choosing instead to shore up its individual fates at the expense of the party broadly.