Few would argue the polarization of politics isn’t causing some kind of problem. One of the reasons for that polarization is redistricting – how individual Congressional districts are drawn. Western North Carolina saw the immediate effect of partisan redistricting more than anywhere else in the state. But reforms are unlikely to occur. North Carolina is like most states in the U.S. – the party in power in the state legislature has a huge hand in redrawing Congressional districts every 10 years.