"The Republican-controlled legislature approved it just over a week after Phil Berger, the State Senate leader, and Destin Hall, the speaker of the State House of Representatives, said in a joint statement that they were taking action to protect President Trump's agenda and safeguard Republican control of Congress. Republicans hold majorities in both chambers largely through the gerrymandering of state district maps, and Gov. Josh Stein, a Democrat, cannot veto redistricting plans, per the State Constitution."
"And they did manage to find a way to gerrymander further a state that's already gerrymandered to within an inch of its life. The redistricting plan has received significant criticism in the state and across the country, partly because of North Carolina's political identity: It is still considered a swing state with an almost evenly divided electorate, but that is hard to glean from its already heavily gerrymandered map, which was approved by the Republican-controlled legislature in 2023."
A new North Carolina congressional map, approved by the Republican-controlled legislature, would likely add an extra House seat for Republicans. Top state GOP leaders framed the change as protecting President Trump's agenda and securing Republican control of Congress. Republicans already hold 10 of 14 seats, sustained largely through prior gerrymandering, and the governor cannot veto redistricting under the State Constitution. The plan redraws the First Congressional District, which previously contained all eight majority-Black counties, to include more conservative-leaning counties, prompting significant criticism given North Carolina's near-evenly divided electorate and swing-state status.
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