Pretty slow start to NC’s 2021 redistricting process. But a handful of GOP lawmakers are in the room (at least in the House) and starting to plug away at some possible maps. #ncpol #ncga 
On the right Rep. Jay Adams (R-Catawba) is working as House Speaker Moore’s chief of staff looks on. In the middle, redistricting chairman Destin Hall is at work.
People who want to livestream it can do so at ncleg.gov/LegislativeCal… #ncpol #ncga
People who want to livestream it can do so at ncleg.gov/LegislativeCal… #ncpol #ncga
The senate, meanwhile, is a ghost town. There are some staffers here to help any lawmakers who show up to draw maps, but none have. #ncpol #ncga
For anyone who wants to watch the lack of action, the senate livestream is at ncleg.gov/LegislativeCal…
For anyone who wants to watch the lack of action, the senate livestream is at ncleg.gov/LegislativeCal…
Little bit of unorthodox action now in the NC Senate as Ben Clark (D-Raeford) is drawing a map that splits the state exactly in half, population-wise, east to west. Folks who are interested in his plan can follow along here: #ncpol
He's then proposing that line become a hard dividing line for the new Congressional districts, since we have 14 of those now. Eastern NC should get 7 and Western NC should get 7, he says, with no overlap. #ncpol #NCGA
This would stop what has been the recent GOP strategy for the middle part of the state, in which they draw multiple Congressional districts that pick up pieces of the Charlotte suburbs and then stretch far east into more rural areas. #ncpol
Here are our current districts, e.g.
Here are our current districts, e.g.
It would also probably mean that the Sandhills region would get its own Congressional district, instead of getting carved up into a few. And who from the Sandhills has been rumored as potentially wanting to run for Congress before? You guessed it! fayobserver.com/news/20191119/… #ncpol
Anyway, I'm guessing this east-west divide proposal won't get much support from the GOP. But it's an interesting thought experiment here on our first day of redistricting.
Buckle in for at least another week or two of map-making fun and shenanigans! #ncpol #ncga
Buckle in for at least another week or two of map-making fun and shenanigans! #ncpol #ncga
One of the 3 Senate redistricting chairmen, Warren Daniel (R-Morganton) is now working on what seems to be a Congressional map. Follow along here, for now: #ncpol #ncga
Wake, Mecklenburg and Guilford counties would all be split up into 3 districts in his map. Notably, Greensboro would be combined with a bunch of rural areas in the northwest part of the state, instead of combined with Winston-Salem like it currently is. #ncpol #ncga
A couple other highlights: Wilmington and Fayetteville both split in two, and the fast-growing Raleigh suburbs of Holly Springs and Fuquay-Varina would be in a district with lots of farming communities like Sanford, Asheboro and Reidsville #ncpol
Former Dem staffer (now Duke professor) weighs in on this opening map being worked on by a GOP redistricting chair today
Caveat: The Senate said they plan to take two weeks and this is just day 1 #ncpol
Caveat: The Senate said they plan to take two weeks and this is just day 1 #ncpol
https://twitter.com/adhildebrand/status/1445820418972020740
Sen. Daniel is now starting to draw a different Congressional map, this time starting in Western NC instead of Eastern NC.
It's an unwritten rule of #ncpol (or maybe even a written one?) that you draw the maps east-->west when redistricting, so this might blow some minds
It's an unwritten rule of #ncpol (or maybe even a written one?) that you draw the maps east-->west when redistricting, so this might blow some minds
And we're done for the day. A semi-eventful first day of #ncpol redistricting but we've got lots more edge-of-your-seat Maptitude action to come! Stay tuned...
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