 Had it existed in 2016, Hillary Clinton would have carried it with 60 percent of the vote; by comparison, Donald Trump had carried the old 2nd with 53 percent of the vote.On paper, the new map turned the 2nd from a Republican-leaning district into one of the most Democratic white-majority districts in the South.Even before the new map was issued, state and national Democrats viewed the 2nd as a potential pickup opportunity for Democrats.