AdvertisementAdvertisementNext year, state lawmakers will redraw the congressional district maps based on the 2020 census, a process mandated by the Constitution. In anticipation of this new redistricting cycle, Slate is revamping our gerrymander  from 2013 as part of our  initiative. We’ll be releasing new puzzles over the upcoming weeks, highlighting the worst and weirdest gerrymanders in the country. Find out how quickly you can  and learn everything that’s at stake in the next round of redistricting.AdvertisementPlease enable Javascript in your browser to...…AdvertisementAdvertisementNext year, state lawmakers will redraw the congressional district maps based on the 2020 census, a process mandated by the Constitution. In anticipation of this new redistricting cycle, Slate is revamping our gerrymander  from 2013 as part of our  initiative. We’ll be releasing new puzzles over the upcoming weeks, highlighting the worst and weirdest gerrymanders in the country. Find out how quickly you can  and learn everything that’s at stake in the next round of redistricting.AdvertisementPlease enable Javascript in your browser to...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementNext year, state lawmakers will redraw the congressional district maps based on the 2020 census, a process mandated by the Constitution. In anticipation of this new redistricting cycle, Slate is revamping our gerrymander from 2013 as part of our initiative. We’ll be releasing new puzzles over the upcoming weeks, highlighting the worst and weirdest gerrymanders in the country. Find out how quickly you can and learn everything that’s at stake in the next round of redistricting.AdvertisementPlease enable Javascript in your browser to view Slate interactives.Missouri’s...…AdvertisementAdvertisementNext year, state lawmakers will redraw the congressional district maps based on the 2020 census, a process mandated by the Constitution. In anticipation of this new redistricting cycle, Slate is revamping our gerrymander from 2013 as part of our initiative. We’ll be releasing new puzzles over the upcoming weeks, highlighting the worst and weirdest gerrymanders in the country. Find out how quickly you can and learn everything that’s at stake in the next round of redistricting.AdvertisementPlease enable Javascript in your browser to view Slate interactives.Missouri’s...WW…

Slate's series is made possible by the support of Slate Plus members and readers like you.One district looks like a “,” as a federal judge put it. Another is commonly called the “.” After the 2010 census, state legislators carved up states into these sometimes bizarrely shaped slivers, a process known as gerrymandering, in order to entrench their electoral power. The U.S. Supreme Court has long held that these districts must contain roughly equal populations. But in 2019, it ruled that federal courts have no power to stop legislators from drawing districts along partisan lines and thus...…Slate's series is made possible by the support of Slate Plus members and readers like you.One district looks like a “,” as a federal judge put it. Another is commonly called the “.” After the 2010 census, state legislators carved up states into these sometimes bizarrely shaped slivers, a process known as gerrymandering, in order to entrench their electoral power. The U.S. Supreme Court has long held that these districts must contain roughly equal populations. But in 2019, it ruled that federal courts have no power to stop legislators from drawing districts along partisan lines and thus...WW…