Last month, a federal court issued a temporary injunction against North Carolina’s new voter ID law, which was passed in…
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Although it is much harder to create a Democratic gerrymander than a Republican one, it’s not impossible – and this one would elect, at minimum, 9 Democrats in a 14-member map.
Despite the recent redraw of North Carolina’s congressional maps, the state remains gerrymandered to a degree and the maps will again have to be redrawn in a few years. Using the 2016 Voting District lines from Dave’s Redistricting App, I’ve drawn a map that could be used as a baseline for the 2022 redraw.
Mark Meadows shocked the political world today when he announced he would not be running for another term as representative…
By running away from the party system, strategic independents can provide real competition and choices to voters in uncompetitive states.
On paper, independent commissions seem like the perfect solution to gerrymandering. However, in practice these commissions have actually created new problems.
Gun control advocates would be wise to work with gun owners on passing honest, bipartisan reforms rather than focusing on divisive ideas like an ineffective assault weapons ban.
While this 9-5 GOP/Dem map appears fairly compact and city splits are kept to a minimum, every decision here favors Republicans.