Things like this gerrymandering are why politicians are despised. Other than a naked power grab, what would be the justification for the latest districting?
To me, the party (neither are pure in this) drawing these districts is saying three things:
1. We want to be in power (fine, that's the point of the political party).
2. Our policies, actions, etc. won't win the majority of voters.
3. We won't adjust our policies, actions, etc. to win the majority because we are right not the voters.
North Carolina's congressional districts - Wikipedia
The NC districts for 1973-1982 seem to be the most reasonable. Does anyone know what happened between then and now that produced the travesty of the current districting? Is it just that computer data mining is so detailed now that it supports the wishes of the politicians to split the voters so finely?
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