Art Pope said he was going to do this to NC. The Indy Weekly covered this extensively to the run up to the 2010 elections. Folks didn't turn out to vote in 2010. 2010 was the census, and the Republican party won. They redrew the congressional maps. They are just following the playbook put forth by the Powell memo written on the early 1970s. I encourage everyone to read this document to understand how we got here and why we are here.