1A Remaking America: Redistricting And The Midterm Elections
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🗓️ 17 November 2022
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So was the outcome of the midterms determined before voters even cast their ballots?
We gather a panel of experts to discuss how redistricting can advantage one party over another.
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| 0:00.0 | This is 1A, I'm Nila Boudou, InfraGen White. |
| 0:10.8 | Results from the midterm elections are in. |
| 0:12.9 | After calling a house race in California for Republicans late Wednesday, the GOP will |
| 0:17.0 | have control of the House, but Democrats have kept control of the Senate. |
| 0:21.1 | But how much of the outcome was determined before voters even cast their ballots? |
| 0:25.6 | In the district, the process of drawing new congressional maps that happens every 10 years |
| 0:30.4 | shook up races around the country. |
| 0:32.6 | In reliably blue New York, Republicans managed to flip four congressional districts. |
| 0:37.4 | I had a good run, and so I'm deeply grateful to the people of the Hudson Valley for giving |
| 0:42.2 | me their voice and their vote in Washington for 10 years. |
| 0:45.4 | I'm not going to whine about it. |
| 0:48.9 | I'm going to do this the right way. |
| 0:52.1 | And the right thing to do is to say the other guy won to wish him well and to pledge my |
| 0:56.7 | support. |
| 0:57.7 | That's what I'm doing. |
| 0:59.0 | That was Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney in his concession speech. |
| 1:02.1 | He represented New York's 18th congressional district for a decade. |
| 1:06.2 | The GOP also managed to pick up four congressional seats in Florida under new voting maps drawn |
| 1:10.7 | by Republican governor Ron DeSantis. |
| 1:13.7 | Florida's own Republican legislature thought DeSantis's maps went too far, but they were |
| 1:18.5 | used in this election anyway. |
| 1:20.6 | In Michigan, we saw the opposite. |
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