New North Carolina Map Eliminates GOP Edge

[applegrove]

New North Carolina Map Eliminates GOP Edge

February 23, 2022 at 5:19 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 80 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/02/23/new-north-carolina-map-eliminates-gop-edge/

"SNIP.......

“A North Carolina court rejected a Republican-drawn map of the state’s 14 congressional districts on Wednesday and substituted its own version, the second time in less than two weeks that a court in the state has invalidated a Republican House map as unconstitutionally partisan,” the New York Times reports.

“The new map, drawn by a nonpartisan panel of four redistricting experts, appeared to split North Carolina’s congressional districts roughly equally between Republicans and Democrats, in a state where voters are divided evenly along partisan lines. It gives each party six relatively safe House seats and makes the remaining two winnable by either side.”

......SNIP"

[blm]

1. Lol. If Cawthorn runs in 14 like he planned he's TOAST.

The new 14 has enough of Charlotte to take out Cawthorn.

We’ll see how this shakes out. No way does Cawthorn have the guts to follow through. He’ll probably try running back home or try another safe district.

[ShazzieB]

2. Awesome!!!

The words "take out Cawthorn" are music to my ears!

[Cha]

3. Oh please Let It Be!

My sister lives in Asheville, NC.

[blm]

6. I'm just south of her.

[Cha]

7. So is Cawthorne in

your District?

I used to live in Asheville in the '70s.. It's so beautiful and the surrounding areas!

[blm]

8. Currently.

Hendersonville - home of Mark Meadows and Madison Cawthorn. 😖

[Cha]

9. smh... So Sorry!

Hopefully a Dem beats Cawthorne and you can be Rep by someone who isn't a Fascist.

[applegrove]

5. One way or another that guy needs to not be in Washington.

[brooklynite]

10. Not seeing it.

The old 14 is the new 11, which is still a Likely R seat.

[blm]

11. Cawthorn was 11. He planned to run in 14

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which was drawn Republican. This 14 looks competitive with a slight R. A good Dem candidate could take this.

The many maps are a bit confusing….Cawthorn would be in 13 now if he doesn’t return to 11.

Damn all this NCGOP-manufactured election chaos.

[blm]

12. OK, I admit I'm getting map dizzy at this point, BUT

The way this new 14 district appears to be drawn with a reach into Charlotte, a Jeff Jackson, who actually lives in that new district, could pull it off.

[gratuitous]

4. I'd re-word that headline

"New North Carolina Map Fairer, More Representative"

[GoodRaisin]

13. Hope that's true and if so the map is allowed to stand.

Would be nice to see Dems take back NC legislature.

[Xavier Breath]

14. Congrats. Can you help out Ohio?

Our redistricting commission is run by Republicans who refuse to redraw the map in an equitable manner, even thumbing their noses at the Ohio SC and potential contempt of court charges. The clock is ticking toward an early March deadline, and they continue to ignore the two Democrats on the commission and keep resubmitting different versions of their shit map. I'd love to able to drive up to Columbus and knock their damn heads together