(UPDATE: The CPI score for two House districts was entered incorrectly. The CPI score for district 34 should be D+15, not D+23. The CPI score for district 100 should be…
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has recently made the national media rounds claiming that the current General Assembly is a partisan gerrymander. Does this claim have any merit? The short…
Which congressional district measure should you rely on for understanding the baseline tendencies of North Carolina's congressional districts? Probably the one that uses only North Carolina data and does not…
To find the partisan leanings of North Carolina's new congressional districts, we used methods like those used in the Civitas Partisan Index. The congressional map drawn by court-appointed special masters…
The Princeton Gerrymandering Project purports to measure gerrymandering objectively. The PGP's measure of gerrymandering is not based on any objective standard but the analysts' opinion and preferences, however. In nearly…
One 2019 lawsuit successfully changed Asheville being packed into one district, while another 2019 lawsuit successfully challenged Asheville being split across districts. Buncombe County will have three North Carolina House…
Always fun to see how the New York Times sees us. In this case, the “starkest” Congressional redistricting battle in a state–North Carolina–where “election plans are already frozen by another…
Rick Henderson discussed with Time Warner Cable News’ “Capital Tonight” the likelihood that federal appellate courts will step in to block a ruling throwing out two N.C. congressional districts for…
Today, my WTSB host, Carl Lamm and I discussed the situation in Syria. President Obama is expected to address the public and Congress next Tuesday to try to garner support…
Three Democrats in North Carolina voted against the ObamaCare bill that was rammed through the House on Sunday. They are Mike McIntyre of Dist. 7, Larry Kissell of Dist. 8,…
Courtesy of the Beaufort Observer: G.K. Butterfield (D-1), Yea Bob Etheridge (D-2), Yea Walter Jones (R-3), Nay David Price (D-4), Yea Virginia Foxx (R-5), Nay Howard Coble (R-6), Nay Mike…
I think the only Member of Congress to lay the first heavy kiss on the President when he left the House Chamber was Virginia Foxx from the 5th Congressional District.…