Congressional redistricting in North Carolina falls exclusively to the legislature which after the 2010 elections flipped to Republicans for the first time in the modern era. Unfortunately, this means Democratic governor Bev Perdue was unable to veto their gerrymander of the congressional map. Furthermore, there had been talk about establishing an independent redistricting commission in 2009, but Democrats balked. What would the map look like if the governor could veto or an independent commission was established? Previously I have attempted to draw a fair or non-partisan North Carolina, but I believe this attempt is my best so far and will show just what NC Dems gave up by not establishing a redistricting commission.
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