Graph: North Carolina Voting Districts with Unfair Declination (IMAGE)
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the results of the 2014 congressional election in North Carolina, above. The ten districts that were won by Republicans all hover in a close-to-flat patch ranging from above 30 percent to less than 45 percent Democratic votes, while the three seats that were won by Democrats were each captured by districts with well above 70 percent Democratic voters. The line to the "center of mass" of the Republican seats below the 50 percent line is shallow; above 50 percent, on the Democratic side, the line is steep. In other words, the strongly positive declination suggests that the districts in North Carolina were gerrymandered to favor Republicans.
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courtesy Greg Warrington, UVM
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