Partisan gerrymandering undercut Democratic wave in NC, Ohio, Wisconsin
WASHINGTON - Lopsided Republican electoral majorities in North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin survived intact after the midterm elections, thanks to heavy partisan gerrymandering and despite the Democratic wave that flipped control of the House.
No House seats changed hands in North Carolina or Ohio, even though the total votes in those states were closely split between the two parties. Thanks to gerrymandering, Republicans will still hold 10 of 13 House seats in North Carolina, and 12 of 16 in Ohio.
"The blue wave did not breach the sea wall here," said Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause in
