> New York is vying to displace Florida as the USA's poster child for "just because a state is big doesn't mean it can hold an election".
Oh, New York usurped Florida at that title decades ago. The reason Florida gets attention isn't because its elections are run unusually badly; it's because Florida is always a very close swing state with a lot of electoral votes, so it gets a lot of national attention.
New York's election bungling - and even gerrymandering[0] - is actually way more extreme than what you see in states like Florida and North Carolina, but it's overlooked by national media because it doesn't have an effect on people outside the state.
A huge reason for Florida is 2000. 2000 is just two decades ago. “Decades ago” implies three or more decades ago. Even if it meant 2000, Florida couldn’t have been usurped immediately after what was a huge reason for its reputation.
—
Proving bad gerrymandering by showing silly looking maps is not a good argument. There can be valid legitimate reasons for wonky mapping. Linking to wiki and a wonky looking map ends up manipulating people into agreeing with your argument without actually proving this case is bad gerrymandering.
Florida actually does very well at turning out results after elections. This is mainly because of the 2000 election debacle that made the state a laughing stock (or more of one, depending on your view). Seriously, look how quickly they got results out for the 2020 election when compared to other states.
Oh, New York usurped Florida at that title decades ago. The reason Florida gets attention isn't because its elections are run unusually badly; it's because Florida is always a very close swing state with a lot of electoral votes, so it gets a lot of national attention.
New York's election bungling - and even gerrymandering[0] - is actually way more extreme than what you see in states like Florida and North Carolina, but it's overlooked by national media because it doesn't have an effect on people outside the state.
[0] For example, NY-10: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%27s_10th_congressiona...