NC GOP Approves Redistricting Map to Flip Dem Seat

NC GOP Approves Redistricting Map to Flip Dem Seat
Above: A chart showing the redistricting map in North Carolina in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18, 2025. Image copyright: Win McNamee/Getty Images

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Republican narrative

Gerrymandering isn't some shocking new concept — it's a standard political strategy that both parties have used for decades. Republicans simply won elections and earned the right to draw maps, just like Democrats did when they controlled North Carolina and gerrymandered states like California and Illinois. The system works exactly as designed: win elections, gain power, draw favorable districts.

Democratic narrative

North Carolina Republicans are brazenly rigging elections by gerrymandering away a Black Democrat's seat to maintain power they didn't earn through votes. This naked partisan power grab targets Don Davis, who represents impoverished Black counties, destroying bipartisan representation. It's election manipulation designed to silence minority voices and subvert democracy itself.

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