Gerrymandering in North Carolina

What is gerrymandering?

• The strategy of benefiting one political party

• The act of manipulating election results

• The process of redrawing political districts

• The technique of packing and cracking voters

Who was Thomas Hofeller?

• A judge who ruled against partisan gerrymandering

• A Democratic politician who fought against gerrymandering

• An activist who exposed the gerrymandering scandal

• A mapmaker who helped Republicans gerrymander districts

What were the two elements of classic gerrymandering?

• Benefiting and strategizing

• Redrawing and manipulating

• Packing and cracking

• Voting and districting

How did Thomas Hofeller gerrymander District 12 in North Carolina?

• By redrawing the district lines based on party affiliation

• By packing black voters into the district

• By cracking Democratic areas into separate districts

• By manipulating the racial demographics

What did the federal courts rule about North Carolina's maps in 2016 and 2017?

• They ruled that the maps were unconstitutional due to racial gerrymandering

• They ruled that the maps were fair and unbiased

• They ruled that the maps were not within their jurisdiction

• They ruled that the maps were unconstitutional due to partisan gerrymandering

What did the Supreme Court ruling on gerrymandering in 2019 state?

• It was beyond their reach to fix the issue

• It was the responsibility of state courts to rule on partisan gerrymandering

• It called for a complete overhaul of the redistricting process

• It upheld the practice of gerrymandering

What did North Carolina's Supreme Court rule in September 2019?

• Racial gerrymandering violated the state constitution

• The redrawing of political maps was the responsibility of the legislature

• Partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution

• Gerrymandering was a necessary evil in politics

What did the new map approved by North Carolina legislators aim to achieve?

• A fairer distribution of political power

• A complete elimination of gerrymandering

• A more racially diverse representation

• A stronger hold on power for Republicans

What did Hofeller mean when he said, 'redistricting is like an election in reverse'?

• The representatives have the power to choose the voters

• The voters have the power to choose the representatives

• The redistricting process is similar to the election process

• The election process is influenced by redistricting

What is the current status of partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina?

• It is now the responsibility of the Supreme Court to address

• It has been made much harder due to court rulings

• It is still a prevalent issue in the state

• It has been completely eradicated