There are more active Democrats than Republicans in the four districts. The districts are configured so that two Republicans and two Democrats are likely to be elected, which is what happened in 2022. The districts could have been configured to make all four districts competitive, but this wasn’t done. In any case, Blank (unaffiliated) voters (24%) are significant in our elections.

The current districts are very safe for incumbents, which is contrary to the stated goal of redistricting. With the districts as they are, Democrats in districts 23 and 24 and Republicans in districts 25 and 26 are effectively silenced. With fairer districts, Blank voters would have more say.

Notes:

• Registration data from https://www.elections.ny.gov/EnrollmentCD.html
• Data as of 11/01/2022
• Voters registered with other parties (7%) are included in the totals