In honor of election day, here's a map published by vox.com that shows what the U.S. would look like without gerrymandering. "This map was created by the Center for Range Voting, which was founded by math PhD Warren Smith and engineer Jan Kok to float innovative election reform proposals. To make it, they used what they call the shortest splitline algorithm. Basically, they used the shortest possible line to cut a state into two halves with roughly equal populations. Then they did so again, and again, and again, until they had the proper number of overall districts.

"The map above crosses state borders, which is impossible in our current system. But the site also features maps for each individual state."

Deb Gaber