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North Carolina Republicans are experienced and adept mapmakers.—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026 In order to turn five Democratic districts into GOP-leaning districts, mapmakers needed to make some solid-red districts slightly more Democratic, creating some risks for the party, said Joshua Blank of the Texas Politics Project.—Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026 The decision belongs to the voters, not the mapmakers.—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026 That's largely because in many Southern states — where voting is often polarized between a Republican-supporting white majority and a Democratic-supporting Black minority — political mapmakers have drawn a certain kind of district to get in line with the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 provisions.—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mapmaker