1. Look at the map. By what margins did Democrats win in the 3 districts that they won?
+46
+48
+40
2. Look at the map. By what margins did Republicans win in the 9 districts that they won?
+.03
+5
+11
+13
+13
+6
+14
+19
+20 and uncontested
3. What percent of the votes for Representatives did Republicans and Democrats earn statewide?
Republicans: 50%
Democrats: 48%
4. What have federal courts said about the district lines in North Carolina?
The federal courts said that these gerrymandered lines were unconstitutional.
5. What did Democrats fail to do in both North Carolina and Ohio?
They failed to pick up a single House seat, even though they won almost half the vote.
6. Why did Pennsylvania have new districts for this election? What was the result of the House elections in Pennsylvania this year?
Pennsylvania used new nonpartisan, court-ordered districts in the election, and the seats got split 9 and 9.
7. How does the article describe the residential patterns of Republicans and Democrats?
Democrats tend to concentrate in urban areas, and RepublicaNs are in suburban and rural areas.
8. After the district lines were rejected because they were based on race, what justification was used for the new district lines?
Legislators drew a new map largely based on party lines.
9. How do the district lines counter the large number of Democratic votes in cities like Greensboro, Winston Salem, and Fayetteville?
The legislature split the 6th and 13th districts, so city Democrats were split and overpowered by large numbers of suburbian Republican voters. The cities were left falsely represented by Republicans.
10. What other laws has North Carolina passed that disenfranchised voters in the state?
They also tried to pass harsh voter ID laws that targeted African Americans, but when that was struck down, they drew new judicial districts that challenged African American incumbent judges.
+46
+48
+40
2. Look at the map. By what margins did Republicans win in the 9 districts that they won?
+.03
+5
+11
+13
+13
+6
+14
+19
+20 and uncontested
3. What percent of the votes for Representatives did Republicans and Democrats earn statewide?
Republicans: 50%
Democrats: 48%
4. What have federal courts said about the district lines in North Carolina?
The federal courts said that these gerrymandered lines were unconstitutional.
5. What did Democrats fail to do in both North Carolina and Ohio?
They failed to pick up a single House seat, even though they won almost half the vote.
6. Why did Pennsylvania have new districts for this election? What was the result of the House elections in Pennsylvania this year?
Pennsylvania used new nonpartisan, court-ordered districts in the election, and the seats got split 9 and 9.
7. How does the article describe the residential patterns of Republicans and Democrats?
Democrats tend to concentrate in urban areas, and RepublicaNs are in suburban and rural areas.
8. After the district lines were rejected because they were based on race, what justification was used for the new district lines?
Legislators drew a new map largely based on party lines.
9. How do the district lines counter the large number of Democratic votes in cities like Greensboro, Winston Salem, and Fayetteville?
The legislature split the 6th and 13th districts, so city Democrats were split and overpowered by large numbers of suburbian Republican voters. The cities were left falsely represented by Republicans.
10. What other laws has North Carolina passed that disenfranchised voters in the state?
They also tried to pass harsh voter ID laws that targeted African Americans, but when that was struck down, they drew new judicial districts that challenged African American incumbent judges.
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