{"id":968975,"date":"2021-11-04T18:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T22:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=968975"},"modified":"2021-11-04T18:28:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T22:28:54","slug":"north-carolina-adopts-new-congressional-map-that-bolsters-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-adopts-new-congressional-map-that-bolsters-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Adopts New Congressional Map That Bolsters Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-carolina-adopts-new-congressional-map-that-bolsters-republicans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=968975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The North Carolina General Assembly on Thursday finalized the state\u2019s new U.S. House map that gives Republicans a distinct advantage over Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The map creates 10 safe Republican seats, three safe Democratic seats and one competitive seat, up from the current 8-5 map now. North Carolina is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/research\/redistricting\/redistricting-systems-a-50-state-overview.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">only state<\/a>&nbsp;where the legislature has full control over the redistricting process, meaning that the new lines can skirt what would be an all but certain veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and go into effect.<\/p>\n<p>The new map likely dooms Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning, a first-term lawmaker whose Greensboro-based seat gets split three ways. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MurphinNC\/status\/1455232860969914372\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>, she called the new lines an \u201cextreme partisan gerrymander that splits communities of interest, disregards the redistricting criteria set forth by the [legislative redistricting] committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese maps were created for one purpose only,\u201d Manning added. \u201cTo ensure Republicans win more House seats so that they can recapture control of the U.S. House of Representatives.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/26\/census-congressional-seats-california-new-york-rust-belt-lose-texas-florida-gain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: States In The South And West Poised To Gain House Seats, California Drops One For The First Time Ever)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7315482\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7315482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Courtesy North Carolina state Legislature)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The maps retain much of the seats held by Democratic Reps. Deborah Ross, Alma Adams and David Price, who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/18\/david-price-democrat-north-carolina-retires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;his retirement in October. But it jeopardizes Democratic Rep. G.K. Butterfield\u2019s seat, putting him in a seat where Democrats comprise less than 52% of the electorate, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/gerrymander.princeton.edu\/redistricting-report-card?planId=rec1jFkj1lne3m1RS\">Princeton Gerrymandering Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican-drawn map is certain to be challenged in court, and Democratic lawyers have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marceelias\/status\/1456283530711928841\">said<\/a> they plan to file suit minutes after it passed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth Carolinians made it clear at the start of the redistricting process that they wanted to end partisan gerrymandering,\u201d said Eric Holder, a former attorney general who now heads the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DemRedistrict\/status\/1456339463710273538\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>. \u201cInstead of listening to the people, Republican legislators did the opposite today by passing maps that are heavily manipulated in favor of their party and that will deny real political power to the most populous and diverse areas of the state.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/29\/colorado-new-congressional-map-could-help-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Colorado Adopts New Congressional Map, And It Could Actually Help Republicans)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina is also no stranger to lawsuits seeking to overturn its congressional map. After the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/06\/27\/scotus-gerrymandering-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declined to weigh in<\/a> on partisan gerrymanders, a three-person panel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/03\/us\/north-carolina-gerrymander-unconstitutional.html\">threw out the state\u2019s 10-3 Republican gerrymander<\/a> in September 2019, leading to the 8-5 map now.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Carolina General Assembly on Thursday finalized the state\u2019s new U.S. House map that gives Republicans a distinct advantage over Democrats.The map creates 10 safe Republican seats, three safe &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}