The art of the overruled North Carolina gerrymander

That was then (pre-2016):  a classic case of gerrymandering.

Vox

That was then (up close and ugly NC 4th CD)

GOP sez, "Let's try that again."  (Still a lot of squiggles and bump-outs)

Up close and personal.  (" I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it...")

Democrats Could Gain At Least 2 House Seats Under New N.C. Redistricting Plan.  (NPR, 11/15/2019)

If the court that ruled the old maps unconstitutional approves the new maps, Republicans could have an even steeper path to regaining the House majority in 2020. More than 20 members of the House GOP are retiring or running for other offices, several in highly-competitive districts. 

Since Republicans won control of North Carolina's legislature in 2010, the state has been the epicenter of voting rights disputes around gerrymandering, the practice of drawing political boundaries to benefit one party. Both state and federal courts have repeatedly ruled against GOP-drawn maps.

This is now.

Raleigh News-Observer