After the 2020 Decennial Census, the state legislature of North Carolina proposed new districts for both chambers, the state House and the state Senate. Unsurprisingly, those maps were both rejected by the state Supreme Court – twice each, in fact. Ultimately, the court had a third party draw maps and ordered the state to use those redrawn districts.
This webpage presents two interactive maps of the NC Legislature:
- A thematic map focused on the relative degree of gerrymandering between the proposed maps and the court ordered maps and
- A slippy map that allows you to zoom in to see who the representatives are for specific areas.
You can use the interactive map below to explore these maps together with analysis provided by The Princeton Gerrymandering Project.
Recent gerrymandering in the NC Legislature
This first interactive map presents the proposed plans and final court ordered plan on a simple thematic map. You can choose to view a few cities for reference but the focus is really on the districts and the degree to which they might or might not be gerrymandered. You can switch between chambers and plans and you can hover over the individual districts for more information.
The analysis comes from the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, who maintains a webpage on their methodology.
The current districts
The second map shows just the current districts for both chambers. You can hover over a district to find the representative.