{"id":3340,"date":"2016-11-08T13:20:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T18:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2016-11-08T13:20:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T18:20:17","slug":"gerrymandered-congressional-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/11\/gerrymandered-congressional-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerrymandered Congressional Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Washington Post (2014)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2014 the\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>\u2019s Christopher Ingraham reported on the\u00a0most gerrymandered congressional districts in the United States<\/a>. The article was\u00a0accompanied by an\u00a0interactive map<\/a>, showing the compactness score\u00a0Ingraham calculated for each district\u2014the more compact an electoral district, the less likely it’s a gerrymander. [Dave Smith<\/a>]<\/p>\n

(Gerrymandering<\/a>\u2014manipulating electoral district boundaries for political advantage\u2014has been a frequent topic here on The Map Room. Previous entries include\u00a0\u2018There Is More to Gerrymandering Than Ugly Shapes\u2019<\/a>,\u00a0The New York Times on Gerrymandering<\/a>,\u00a0Gerrymandering in Florida<\/a>,\u00a0More on Gerrymandering and Computer-Generated Districts<\/a>,\u00a0Computer-Generated Electoral Districts Redux<\/a>,\u00a0Gerrymandering as Computer Game<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0U.S. Electoral District Ballot Initiatives<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2014 the\u00a0Washington Post\u2019s Christopher Ingraham reported on the\u00a0most gerrymandered congressional districts in the United States. The article was\u00a0accompanied by an\u00a0interactive map, showing the compactness score\u00a0Ingraham calculated for each district\u2014the more compact an electoral district,… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[337,534,535,158],"class_list":["post-3340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-politics","tag-elections","tag-electoral-districts","tag-gerrymandering","tag-usa","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1440399,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/01\/north-carolinas-gerrymandered-congressional-district-map-ruled-unconstitutional\/","url_meta":{"origin":3340,"position":0},"title":"North Carolina’s Gerrymandered Congressional District Map Ruled Unconstitutional","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"10 January 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"North Carolina's congressional district map has been ruled unconstitutional by a panel of federal judges, the\u00a0New York Times reports. 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