This is my cousins district and he says the North Country is flooded with right-wing groups in the mountains. The Democratic base is in the very south in the District around Glens Falls which is home to a lot of older Democrats who have been trending Republican. If this is even somewhat competitive it will be a miracle. There are Democrats around Plattsburgh near Canada as well but it's a college town and many cant vote there. In the west the military community in Watertown is pretty Republican.
Democrats held this district for a few terms during the Obama years but they've given up their gains and returned to their ancestral Republicanism. St. Lawrence County used to be comfortably blue but it's become a Republican stronghold in the Trump era.
Redistricting has made it more Republican. Unless Republicans totally screw things up in only three months, itтАЩs virtually impossible for Democrats to make it a contest.
This is my cousins district and he says the North Country is flooded with right-wing groups in the mountains. The Democratic base is in the very south in the District around Glens Falls which is home to a lot of older Democrats who have been trending Republican. If this is even somewhat competitive it will be a miracle. There are Democrats around Plattsburgh near Canada as well but it's a college town and many cant vote there. In the west the military community in Watertown is pretty Republican.
I think we should at least put up a fight
Democrats held this district for a few terms during the Obama years but they've given up their gains and returned to their ancestral Republicanism. St. Lawrence County used to be comfortably blue but it's become a Republican stronghold in the Trump era.
Redistricting has made it more Republican. Unless Republicans totally screw things up in only three months, itтАЩs virtually impossible for Democrats to make it a contest.
still we should at worst put up a viable alternative
I think we will overperform but fall short by a comfortable margin.