2. I disagree with you on the motives for giving McIntyre the safe Dem district. If the NC GOP puts him in a D-PVI district, let alone a 60%+ Obama district, it is basically guaranteed that he will lose the primary to a liberal.
How might you put McIntyre in a 60+% Obama district given where he lives and the politics of his part of the state? Wouldn't that require putting him in a district that essentially already belongs to another rep, like Butterfield or Price?
I know I've seen legal maps with districts as Democratic as D+6, and possibly higher. There is actually a substantial Democratic base in the Fayetteville and Lumberton areas. Also, it is possible to draw NC-07 as a 3rd majority-minority district.
Democratic, yes, but my concern is, will such areas be liberal enough to field (and vote for) a challenger to McIntyre?
In the poll, I voted for Price, McIntyre, and Shuler.
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