Gerrymandering Surges As States Redraw Maps For House Seats
Newsy
North Carolina and other states are seeing a spike in gerrymandering to pick up house seats.
North Carolina Republicans are well positioned to pick up at least two House seats in next year's election — but it's not because the state is getting redder.
The state remains a perennial battleground, closely split between Democrats and Republicans in elections. In the last presidential race, Republican Donald Trump won by just over 1 percentage point — the narrowest margin since Barack Obama barely won the state in 2008.
But, last week, the GOP-controlled legislature finalized maps that redraw congressional district boundaries, dividing up Democratic voters in cities to dilute their votes. The new plan took the number of GOP-leaning districts from eight to 10 in the state. Republicans even have a shot at winning an eleventh.