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North Carolina has a new congressional map for 2020
By Ted Mellnik and Tim Meko
December 3
Like Pennsylvania’s in 2018, North Carolina’s electoral map has been redrawn. Candidates can now file to run for Congress in the state using new court-approved districts for 2020. According to the Associated Press, state judges said the new map, drawn last month by Republican legislators, was good enough for immediate use and that there was not time for further study.
The map is likely to add two seats for Democrats in 2020, but it probably won’t end controversy over partisan gerrymandering in the state.
The map thrown out earlier this year limited the influence of Democrats, using two gerrymandering techniques. In Charlotte and areas near Raleigh, Democratic voters were concentrated into the three districts the party won in 2018. In other areas, especially around Greensboro and Fayetteville, Democratic voters were split between districts to make sure they stayed in the minority.
These techniques made North Carolina one of the most gerrymandered maps in the country. In the dozen congressional races that were contested in 2018,
Democrats received about half the overall votes, suggesting that an ideally balanced map should favor Democrats in six of the state’s 13 districts, instead of three.
more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/03/north-carolinas-new-congressional-map-shifts-two-seats-toward-democrats/?arc404=true
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