North Carolina may be the most egregiously gerrymandered state. All the democRATs win 55% 45%. The couple of Republicans who win are 75% 25%.
That will soon change. Republicans control the NC state house and senate for the first time in 112 years!!!
This happened all around the country, and this is huge as there is redistricting up and coming due to census.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/252347/historic-gop-gains-state-legislatures-john-hood
Going into the 2010 elections, Democrats held 60 partisan legislative chambers and Republicans held 36, with a couple of ties.
It looks like the GOP has picked up an astounding 20 chambers, including both houses in Alabama, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Wisconsin and additional chambers in Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
In total legislative seats, it is possible that after all the results are posted, Republicans will have won a nationwide majority.
Republicans havent enjoyed this much power in state capitals since the 1920s.
The census is going to help the good guys/gals in 2012 as people have been fleeing leftist states and moving to nice conservative states because of lower taxes, nicer people, more jobs, more liberty, value for human life....
First up, save the Republic from the militant assult on liberty and life!!!!
Next up, Redistricting!!!!!
The way to truly get this country back is to do it from the bottom up...state and local. Power has been ceded to the Federal Government for decades, time to turn the boat around, and you actually do that from the bottom of the pyramid and work your way up IMO.
While the GOP was winning Presidential elections, liberals were destroying the country in the basement.
Ironic that the true power of the country was intended to be in the STATES (it really isn’t the basement). The growth of the Federal Government is truly ridiculous. Hopefully the states will become even more aggressive in taking their rightful power back.