North Carolina will now have new U.S. House of Representative districts. Most of the news articles I found about the changes made to the map focus on the idea that the Republicans redid the map to add a Republican seat. That may or may not be true, but let’s look at the before and after maps and see how they add up.

This is the new map:

This is the old map:

Which map looks gerrymandered?

District 1 is currently represented by a Democrat. The change in the map will make District 1 a more competitive district. However, there are no guarantees.