I saw that. But the redistricting is still unfair. NC is a 50-50 state that is trending to light blue. Yet there are 8 fairly safe R seats compared to 5 safe Democratic seats.
With no swing districts, map with fewer GOP seats is still unfair, critics say
newsobserver.com
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“If the Remedial Plan were to be accepted, North Carolina voters would be forced to vote, yet again, in unconstitutional elections that predetermine election outcomes and disregard the will of the people,” the plaintiffs argued in their brief.
“The Remedial Plan packs Democratic voters into five districts that are overwhelmingly Democratic, in order to ensure that the remaining eight districts are neither competitive nor Democratic-leading.”
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GOP state Sen. Ralph Hise said “no political or racial data was considered” in the drawing of the map. The lawmakers kept each of the current 13 representatives in their own district.
“It’s still a highly partisan map, and it was a totally unacceptable process,” said U.S. Rep. David Price, a Chapel Hill Democrat. “It’s ironic, isn’t it, that this case was about partisan gerrymandering and yet you have the same old, same old process now three times in a row. Republicans in the General Assembly jam a map and they do it for their own partisan interests as they were quite candid in saying.” |
