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Gerrymandering Exercise
Gerrymandering Exercise
The maps below are of the city of Utopia, where 40% of the voting population is purple. You are
a member of the state legislature and your job is to draw voting district lines for the election of
five representatives.
Scenario #1:Draw straight lines on the map dividing the city into five districts in such a way that
the Democratic voters outnumber the Republican voters in three of the five districts, but each
district has the same number of voters.
The maps below are of the city of Utopia, where 40% of the voting population is purple. You are
a member of the state legislature and your job is to draw voting district lines for the election of
five representatives.
Scenario #2: Draw straight lines on the map dividing the city into five districts in such a way that
the Republican voters outnumber the Democratic voters in each of the five districts, but each
district has the same number of voters.
The maps below are of the city of Utopia, where 40% of the voting population is purple. You are
a member of the state legislature and your job is to draw voting district lines for the election of
five representatives.
Scenario #3: Draw straight lines on the map dividing the city into five districts in such a way that
the Democratic voters outnumber the Republican voters in each of the five districts, but each
district has the same number of voters.