Many factors in redistricting can become causes of controversy. Does the map give racial minorities enough representation? Will the breakdown of Democratic and Republican seats be proportional to how ...

Partisan gerrymandering produces political districts intentionally skewed in favor of one political party. But it can also generate maps resistant to changing political sentiment — think red or blue ...

They spent the day downplaying the problem that failed to identify more than 200 sections of the state across three maps. They said the omissions were technical in nature and didn't change the visual ...

Elections have consequences — at least they’re supposed to. But a News & Observer analysis shows that, in addition to resulting in more seats for the GOP, the newly proposed maps for the two chambers ...