I used the metrics discussed on the math page on these seven districts: Texas 35th, Ohio 9th, Florida 5th, Pennsylvania 7th, North Carolina 12th, Illinois 4th, Michigan 14th.
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Although most of the list was what you would expect, I was surprised at some things. One of the things I noticed, especially while messing around with the interactive example, is that gerrymandering is very effective when being used to bring out a small majority. Another thing I found, is that the bigger the district size, the more skewed the final result will be. I think my choices for metrics were pretty good, but could be added upon. A weighting system would have made it more accurate, and maybe some way to measure the demographics and similarity of a district.
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Above are pictures of the congressional maps of Texas(left), Pennsylvania(middle), and Michigan(right).
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Illinois' 4th district
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Michigan's 14th district
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North Carolina's 12th district
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