I’ve spent an unreal amount of time over the years writing about redistricting in North Carolina. Court battles, emergency maps, secret files — you name it.
While it was never something the average voter really cared about, it was a great political tool. It fired up activists, raised gobs of money, and kept a small army of lawyers well-employed.
Entire organizations like Common Cause basically existed to fight it. And every time I publish something critical of the left’s strategy, I still get the emails: “None of this matters — the legislature is gerrymandered and illegitimate!”
That era is now officially over.
Things had already quieted down after the state Supreme Court ruled that partisan gerrymandering is legal — same as the U.S. Supreme Court said at the federal level.
Now that California and Texas are bringing the nation toward a redistricting arms race, the “fair maps” issue is toast.
We won’t be getting new districts again in North Carolina, as our state constitution is pretty cl…
Click this link for the original source of this article.
Author: Andrew Dunn
This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://longleafpolitics.substack.com and its author. This content is made available by use of the public RSS feed offered by the host site and is used for educational purposes only. If you are the author or represent the host site and would like this content removed now and in the future, please contact USSANews.com using the email address in the Contact page found in the website menu.
