By Eric Boehm, includes “Bizarre and misshapen congressional districts are often the result of a partisan effort to cement certain outcomes in future elections. State lawmakers, who in most cases control the once-every-decade redistricting process, are motivated to craft maps that allow their ‘team’ to win as many districts as possible. That’s how you end up with districts like look like—well, sort of like Raskin's own congressional district in Maryland …”  (Note: See “Gerrymandering Sucks,” from 2015)