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CA 48 Info:

Polling
The 2018 general election in California's 48th Congressional District has been described by the New York Times as "...one of [Democrat's] best pickup opportunities in November."



NC 04 Info:

Local News and Coverage
North Carolina's Fourth Congressional District is covered by several local news publications based in Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and other surrounding communities. Examples of local publications that publish stories of local interest to district constituents include INDY Week, The Daily Tarheel, The Herald Sun (Durham), and the News and Observer.

Changes to opening:

''Before court mandated redistricting in 2016, according to research by Christopher Ingraham of the Washington Post, the district was the third most gerrymandered Congressional district in North Carolina and seventh most gerrymandered district in the United States. In contrast, its predecessor was the most regularly drawn of the state's 13 districts.''

NC-04 has been subject to extreme gerrymandering for much of the last half century. Before court mandated redistricting in 2016, according to research by Christopher Ingraham of the Washington Post, the district was the third most gerrymandered Congressional district in North Carolina and seventh most gerrymandered district in the United States. The 90th Congress saw an irregular shaped district that included Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, Orange, Randolph, and Wake counties. Additionally, other journalists, scholars, and observers have included the 4th district on their lists of most gerrymandered districts in the United States.

Changes to history:

Historically, North Carolina's Fourth Congressional district has represented almost every corner of the state. During the First Congress of the United States, the 4th district represented the western portion of the state spanning from the state's western border with Tennessee to Guilford county in the east. Over the course of the next several decades, the district was shifted to represent communities across the state and included parts of western, central, and eastern North Carolina.

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Population: 847,032

% Female: 51.7%

% of civilian labor force unemployed: 4%

Largest industry: Educational services, and health care and social assistance

Median home value: $259,400

Median Household Income: $70,587

Percent Population over 25 with Bachelor's degree: 31.8%

Race:

History of the 4th

The Fourth Congressional district of the state of North Carolina has occupied the area at and around the Raleigh-Durham area since the 33rd congress. Since that time the district has taken on several configurations but has remained relatively static in the communities is has represented.

The district has received criticism in the modern age for being one of the most gerrymandered districts in the United States. Unsurprisingly, the fourth district has a history of being gerrymandered. The 90th congress features a portion of the 4th district no wider than

cite: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/05/15/americas-most-gerrymandered-congressional-districts/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.27e7a3507baf

Prior to the 33rd Congress, the fourth district traveled around the state of North Carolina and has represented the communities in central, western, eastern, and coastal North Carolina.

In the first congress, the fourth district comprised the entirety of the western part of the state stretching to include modern day Charlotte, Greensboro, High Point, and Winston Salem. The district underwent major redistricting for the second Congress being moved to the north eastern coast of the state and loosing all of its constituent cities from the first Congress. The third-seventh Congresses saw some stability for the Fourth district as it was moved to include parts of central North Carolina. Starting with the 8th Congress (and going until the 26th) the fourth district was moved to what had previously been the 10th congressional district.

First congress - Rutherford, Burke, Wilkes, Lincoln, Iredell, Surry, Rowan, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Anson, Rockingham, Guilford)

Second congress - Bertie, Camden, Cataret, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrell, Beaufot

Third-Seventh - Chatam, Orange, Person, Randolph

Eighth-Twelfth - Cataret, Craven, Green, Lenoir, Jones, Johnston, Wayne

13th-27th - Carteret, Craven, Greene, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Wayne

28th-29th - Davidson, Stanly, Anson, Guilford, Randolph, Montgomery, Richmond

30th-32nd - Stokes, Rockingham, Guilford, Randolph, Davidson

33rd-36th - Orange, Granville, Warren, Franklin, Nash, Wake, Johnston

37th-39th - secceded

40th-42nd - Orange, Chatam, Granville, Warren, Franklin, Nash, Wake, Johnston