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This is some quality work from the folks at Citizen's Union, though they still suck at promotion and distribution. There's a lot here,even for those of us who obsess over such things, and you can read the entire report, " Reshaping New York: Ending the Rigged Process of partisan Gerrymandering With an Independent and Impartial Redistricting Process" via scribd.
It's definitely worth a read. Here are just a few major findings from the Executive Summary.
The re-election rate for incumbents from 2002 to 2010 was 96 percent. In 941 races, incumbents lost 38 times.
In 2006, the re-election rate was 100%. You read that right.
Between 1968 and 2010, competition in NY State legislative general election contests diminished greatly, with the average margin of victory increasing from 33 percent to 51 percent.
I guess incumbents do so weel in New York because everyone thinks Albany is awesome, right?
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