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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts) Tue Jan 9, 2018, 09:52 PM Jan 2018

Posting image of NC Congressional 2016 map ordered to be redone and GOP proposal today rejected.

There are 8 problems leading to still R advantage I can spot:

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Posting image of NC Congressional 2016 map ordered to be redone and GOP proposal today rejected. (Original Post) Fred Sanders Jan 2018 OP

I am pretty sure you top map is wrong dsc Jan 2018 #1

Old map is on top, rejected map on bottom. County boundaries are not changed, but appear Fred Sanders Jan 2018 #2

dsc

(52,169 posts)

1. I am pretty sure you top map is wrong

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 10:13 PM

Jan 2018

My entire county is in one district currently and your map has my county split and in the wrong district. I think looking more closely these maps are the old map on top and the current map that just got thrown out on the bottom.

Fred Sanders

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2. Old map is on top, rejected map on bottom. County boundaries are not changed, but appear

Reply to dsc (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 10, 2018, 01:06 AM

Jan 2018

as different shaded areas where a Congressional district encompasses only Part of a county. Each small shaded area from one county partially to the next is more attempted gerrymandering.

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