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University of Wisconsin: Mathematics Research Builds Better Ways to Identify Gerrymandering
May 07, 2020
MADISON, Wisconsin, May 7 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news:

Gerrymandering, the practice of dividing the legislative districts in a state to give one political party a greater chance of winning seats, traces back to at least 1812 when Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry approved a district that looked like a salamander.

For a long time, strange district shapes like that were considered the hallmark of gerrymandering. But shape is . . .

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