The Redistricting Game

Play the Redistricting Game
The Redistricting Game is a popular teaching tool created by the USC Annenberg Center. Learn about the process – and how it can be undermined – by using this simulation.

Proposed Maps

• NC Congressional Map – This is a map of the future Congressional districts for the state of North Carolina.
• NC Congressional Districts with Zero Deviation – (Click here and here to view the data associated with the map.)  This map by SCSJ shows existing district lines (green), and the new lines (black) that correct for population imbalances while preventing retrogression in the effective majority-minority districts that include Section 5 covered counties.  This is intended as an illustrative map to demonstrate that it is possible to 1) meet the federal constitutional one-person, one-vote requirement; 2) comply with the federal Voting Rights Act; 3) preserve the core of existing districts thereby providing stability for many voters; 4) unite important communities of interest in the state; 5) minimize the number of split precincts and 6) draw contiguous districts.

News Coverage

• North Carolina GOP targets four Democrats in redistricting proposal July 1, 2011, The Washington Post (PostPolitics Blog)
• North Carolina redistricting maps may hurt Republican allies William Brisson, Dewey Hill, June 20, 2011, The Fayetteville Observer
• Local senator would lose seat in redistricting, June 18, 2011, Winston-Salem Journal
• House GOP accidentally leaks strategy, June 3, 2011, WRAL.com
• Rucho: Voters will get a say on district maps, May 18, 2011, The Charlotte Observer. *Rucho explains that there will be public hearings on district maps.
• Wake Board of Education redistricting plan draws fire, May 10, 2011, News 14 Carolina
• Greensboro approves new redistricting plan, May 4, 2011, News 14 Carolina
• Redistricting without a map, April 27, 2011, The Independent Weekly
• Bill Would Establish Independent Redistricting Commission for N.C., April 13, 2011, North Carolinians for Redistricting Reform
• Wake voters learn how redistricting impacts school board elections, April 11, 2011, News 14 Carolina

NC Resources

• State Redistricting Information – General Assembly breakdown, redistricting process, key players, litigation since 2000 Census
• Halifax County Redistricting Presentation – Includes an overview of redistricting and demographic changes in NC, Eastern NC, and Halifax County.
• General Assembly Redistricting Page – Includes basic information about redistricting in NC, charts of changes in in representatives per county, and maps of current district plans and deviation of current populations from the ideal.
• List of NC counties covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
• Section 5 Counties by Congressional and State Districts – Under the Stephenson case, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires that maps of these districts must be drawn first.
• NCGA Public Hearing Sites
• 2011 NCGA Redistricting Guide
• Local Governments Subject to Redistricting
• Local Redistricting Workshop Program Materials – October 2010, UNC School of Government
• SCSJ’s Thirteen Target Counties for Redistricting

County-Level Pages

• Cabarrus County
• Cleveland County
• Cumberland County
• Durham County
• Edgecombe County
• Forsyth County
• Guilford County
• Halifax County
• Lenoir County
• Mecklenburg County
• New Hanover County
• Pasquotank County
• Pitt County
• Wake County

NC Secure Page

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If you have questions about redistricting in North Carolina or need access to the NC secure page, please contact Jessica Holmes at jessica@southerncoalition.org or 919-323-3380 ext. 210.