North Carolina can use GOP-drawn congressional map designed to add another Republican House seat, court rules
NBCNOV 27
Court Upholds North Carolina Republican Congressional Map
Is this a fair correction to Democratic gerrymandering, or Republican vote rigging to silence Black voters?
Above: Copies of a redistricting map at the General Assembly in Raleigh, on Oct. 24, 2023. Image credit: Robert Willett/The News & Observer/Tribune News Service/Getty Images
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Republican narrative
North Carolina's congressional map finally reflects actual voting patterns after decades of Democratic gerrymandering. The court-ordered 2021 map was the real gerrymander with only a 5.3% chance of occurring naturally, while expert testimony shows an unbiased map would favor Republicans 9-5.
Democratic narrative
Republicans gerrymandered North Carolina again to silence Black voters and rig elections for Trump. This purple state that splits votes evenly will now send 11 Republicans and only 3 Democrats to Congress, deliberately targeting the district of Black representative Don Davis.
Cynical narrative
Both parties gerrymander massively, eliminating meaningful electoral competition and robbing the American people of their voice. American democracy has become far from fair, and election laws should change.
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