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Unreal. Half of North Carolina Senate Dems largely voted for the GOP's new modestly-less-gerrymandered map, likely in part because some Dems got favorable seats to protect neighboring GOP incumbents. This happened in MO, OH, & PA after 2010, now it's happening again #NCpol #NCGAhttps://twitter.com/lekhashupeck/status/1173750318712152064 …
Dem NC Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue is helping Republicans with statements like this. I showed yesterday how an alternate High Point map could be less unfavorable to Dem Sen. Michael Garrett in District 27 while still following the court's order https://twitter.com/will_doran/status/1173751194423967746 …pic.twitter.com/j0Rg7dSHVZ
The Politics 101 edition of Why You Should Never Vote for Republican Gerrymandershttps://twitter.com/DavidNir/status/1173760628512739330 …
Of course it's better than the illegal map, but it still isn't fair. High Point & Winston-Salem are still quite gerrymandered to favor Republicans, making it unlikely Democrats can win a majority in 2020 even if they win more votes like 2018 #NCpol #NCGA http://election.princeton.edu/2019/09/15/the-north-carolina-senate-remedial-map-shows-reduced-bias-but-may-have-a-voting-rights-act-compliance-issue/ …https://twitter.com/NatashaMarcusNC/status/1173768013562040320 …
Here are the partisan & racial stats for the North Carolina Senate districts Republicans & roughly half of Dems just passed. The median districts backed Trump by 10%, 6% more than his statewide margin. That's roughly the barrier this map has against a Dem majority #NCpol #NCGApic.twitter.com/lcBRBC8XNr
Winston-Salem in particular is absurd. A nonpartisan map based on compactness & not splitting cities & voting districts doesn't come close to explaining it, & you can see that incumbency-protection overrode those concerns. But the incumbents were elected in illegal districts!https://twitter.com/PoliticsWolf/status/1173783392938147841 …
First map is how Republicans (& Dems who voted with them) drew Winston-Salem's state Senate districts. Second map I drew to comply with the court's mandate for greater compactness, & it also splits one fewer city. The GOP's Districts 31 & 32 are a classic gerrymander #NCpol #NCGApic.twitter.com/YgMQAHk2Zh
To end this thread, first state House map here is what North Carolina House GOP passed on Friday. Second is one I drew to comply with the court's mandate for compactness, & it also splits fewer cities. GOP's House map is much more gerrymandered than their Senate map #NCpol #NCGApic.twitter.com/G4SWu2uWzG
Virginia Dems did this in 2011, too. Why are we so bad at this???
That was a bipartisan deal for each party to gerrymander the chamber it controlled, so not quite as bad, but yeah ...
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