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Friday, March 24, 2023
Vol. 9, No. 12
PortWashingtonTimes GUIDE TO PHILLIPS SAYS ASSESSMENT LIU, NCC BACK CASINO PROJECT SPRING FIXES CONTINUE PAGES 25-32
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Revised map gives county Dems big edge Party gains a 15-4 advantage in registered voters under GOP plan BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Democratic enrollment outweighs Republicans in 15 of the 19 recently approved Nassau County legislative districts, a data analysis done by Blank Slate Media shows. The Legislature voted 11-7 to adopt a map presented by the majority caucus on Feb. 27. Districts 1-7, 9-11, 13, 14, 16-18 all had more registered Democratic voters in 2022 than Republicans, according to data obtained by Blank Slate Media. The map was last redrawn in 2013. Democratic officials have chastised Republicans for their lack of transparency in developing the 2023 map. They contend that the Republican map allows officials to select their representatives rather than the public. Nassau’s electoral district maps are redrawn every 10 years based on the federal census to redraw boundaries that reflect population changes. The analysis also showed that President Joe Biden would have received more votes in 14 of the 19 legislative districts adopted by the Legislature on Feb. 27, despite winning in nine of the districts under the current map adopted in 2013. The recently approved 7th District is the only one with more registered Democrats that Biden would not have won.
Demographics and party enrollment data, officials said, was compiled by the City University of New York. Data from the 2020 presidential election, officials said, was published by the Harvard Dataverse. Though Biden would have won more districts under the recently approved map, former President Donald Trump’s vote share would have increased in 10 districts in the new format. More than 366,000 Nassau residents were registered Democrats as of 2022, compared to 281,000 Republicans, according to the data. The 19 legislative districts average 19,294 Democrats and 14,800 Republicans. More than 238,000 Nassau residents are not registered to a specific party, an average of 12,575 per district, according to the data. Each district also averages 2,147 residents enrolled as Conservatives, Working Families Party members or another affiliation. Detailed data from the 2020 U.S. census showed that Nassau County’s white, non-Hispanic population decreased by nearly 10 percent, while its Asian American population increased by more than 4 percent. The Hispanic or Latino population rose by more than 31 percent, growing from 14.6 percent in 2010 to 18.4 Continued on Page 48
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARTHA BRAUN
The Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor members and volunteers maintaining the oyster gardens. See story on page 8.
Incumbents re-elected in all uncontested Port races BY C A M E RY N O A K ES
All the village races in Port Washington were uncontested in the Three Port Washington villages March 21 election. The villages of Flower Hill, Baxheld elections on Tuesday for three offices each in which all incumbents ter Estates and Port Washington North all held elections. won re-election.
In Flower Hill, trustees Mary Jo Collins, Max Frankel and Frank Genese all ran for re-election, winning with 73, 73 and 72 votes, respectively. Continued on Page 47
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