20 23 - REDISTRICTING & COMMUNICATIONS TOOLKIT

They dilute the voting strength of historically disenfranchised communities and hinder their ability to elect representatives who fight for the resources they need and the issues most important to their lives. [...] Though they are likely to political power makes it harder for elect a candidate of choice in the cracked communities to elect a packed district(s), their voting strength candidate of choice in any of the is diluted in surrounding districts and districts. [...] Our community is incredibly close-knit, attending the same church and sending our children to the same schools — many of us work in the same nearby factory on the North end, and we share many of the same family names. [...] The maps they draw will directly unfairly dilute their power to elect candidates influence how the resources your communities of choice in any district and limits their need for roads, schools, and healthcare are representation in state and federal distributed for the next ten years. [...] commissioner district in Granville County, North Carolina, despite not having the right to vote, giving In 2018, North Carolina Democrats received 50.5 non-incarcerated residents in this district percent of the vote for the state Senate and 51.2 significantly more power than their neighboring percent of the vote for the state House.