1) What are the seven different criteria/goals that they outline as possible ways to draw district lines? (I’ll give you a hint, one is “Republican Gerrymandering” and another is “Compactness”). Explain what each of the seven mean.
2) How do the resulting national redistricting maps look different depending on which criteria they pick? Who or what group does each different map seem to favor?
3) Which of these eight maps seem the most “fair” to you and why? If you were responsible for drawing the district lines, which two of these criteria or goals would you choose? Why did you pick those and not others?
The Article and Map: First, read this article titled Hating Gerrymandering is Easy, Fixing it is Harder. Then spend a bit of time playing around with the Atlas of Redistricting that goes along with the story.
