A new poll shows North Carolina voters overwhelmingly oppose gerrymandering of congressional and legislative electoral districts and want a bipartisan citizens commission to draw voting maps instead of legislators.
The survey conducted by a Republican-leaning polling firm Opinion Diagnostics, commissioned by the nonpartisan voting rights group Common Cause North Carolina, shows 84% of North Carolina voters asked said it’s never acceptable for politicians to draw districts to help their own party win more seats, no matter the circumstances.
Republican leader of the NC Senate Senator Phil Berger recently said he might attempt to again redraw congressional districts in order to give GOP candidates an advantage in the 2026 election.
Bob Phillips, Executive Director of Common Cause North Carolina, said the polls show voters want no gerrymandering, not more, and “Senator Berger should take note and drop any attempt to engage in yet more map-rigging, even if pressured by Washington, D.C., politicians to further manipulate North Carolina’s districts.”
