One of the biggest takeaways from the congressional district process so far has been that neither party has made big gains. But the congressional card that New York lawmakers just rolled out is so heavily geared toward Democrats that it could single-handedly change that. New York is of course a blue state; it won President … Read more
ALBANI — Newly proposed congressional cards, signed by Democrats, could halve the current Republican delegation in New York — eliminating at least one seat in the state and endangering three others. The Democrat-controlled state legislature on Sunday unveiled plans to shrink the GOP’s eight seats to just four, according to a proposed realignment map. The … Read more
In 2018, 289 people were killed in New York City — the lowest murder rate in 50 years. Last year, the number was 485. Two hundred more lives taken annually — and a huge majority of them were African American or Hispanic men. Albany doesn’t care. Obsessed with closing all jails and freeing all prisoners, … Read more
A demonstrator holds a sign at rally with Representative Jamaal Bowman outside the US Capitol to urge the Senate to pass voting rights legislation on January 19, 2022. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up … Read more
It’s only been about a month since we last checked which members of the US House of Representatives are retiring, but 10 more have already announced their intention to leave office. Eight of those outgoing members are also Democrats, which may indicate a lack of confidence in the party’s position in the 2022 midterm elections. … Read more
In this edition of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses what the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act says and why Senate Democrats picked it up despite unmoved opposition. They also ask whether a new survey Showing Biden’s approval rating of just 33 percent deserves all the attention it’s gotten.
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In 2021, the Democrats tried several times to pass federal voting rights, and each time it went something like this: Bills just tidied the house around face their downfall in the Senate when Republicans refused to cooperate and some Democrats rejected rule changes to the filibuster that would enable a vote along party lines. But … Read more
Once again, Democrats in Congress have turned their attention to election reform. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate would vote to change Senate rules (i.e., reform the filibuster) by Jan. 17 to pave the way for Democrats’ voting rights legislation. But what exactly does that mean? Several different voting rights bills … Read more