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  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    10 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.