Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 8/21/17

To those scoring the 2018 elections at home based on new legislative maps and data released over the last few days: Good luck. Democrats have little to no chance of wresting the majority from Republicans under these new maps, outside analysts agreed. Whether they've got a shot of breaking the GOP's super majority in at least one chamber – a major accomplishment that would shift political power in the state by giving Gov. Roy Cooper and his party new bargaining power – was a matter of mixed opinion. 

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