New York voters overwhelmingly view gerrymandering as cheating: Survey

An overwhelming majority of likely New York voter reject gerrymandering, a political tactic in which elected state leaders redraw congressional districts in favor of their preferred party, with over 80% going as far as to consider it cheating, according to a new survey. 

Seventy-two percent of the respondents rejected gerrymandering and 81% saw it as cheating, according to a survey conducted by Republican pollster John McLaughlin on behalf of the group Stop NY Corruption, The New York Post reported this week.

Additionally, 62% of respondents said they disapprove of ongoing efforts, including court proceedings, by state Democrats to alter the 2022 district lines that a court-appointed official drew following the U.S. Census. 

Furthermore, 80% of voters agreed with the state Constitution's clause stating that "districts shall not be drawn to discourage competition or for the purpose of favoring or disfavoring incumbents or other particular candidates or political parties," and 78% of people agreed with the statement that "partisan political gerrymandering leads to more corruption."

McLaughlin said: "The poll shows that the Democrats are going against the will of the people. They’re not supposed to do partisan gerrymandering."

The survey of 600 likely voters was conducted Sept. 7-10 and has a 4% margin of error.

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