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Actually, it probably is... the way gerrymandering works is that you create a few number of super-majority districts that are so overwhelming with one party, that party gets to own those districts... but the MAGIC here is the remaining districts have a solid majority of your party. In other words... if your state is 50-50 (which NC is close).... stick all the dems in a couple districts to create a many 60-40 districts you can in favor of your party....
This ruling should add some dems to other districts (and move some republicans into the districts in question)... it could change the balance of power in a district or two.
i don't even care about any of that. Just looking at the map you can tell it's a complete charade to the democratic process, practically the entire state. The real issue here is we need to decide whether we want to hold elections or not. Currently we are not, but pretending we are