Gerrymandering Puzzles

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Social Studies

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12th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

Olivia Cochran

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8 Slides • 12 Questions

Can You Solve Slate’s Gerrymandering Jigsaw Puzzle?

Put the ridiculously gerrymandered congressional districts back together and collect the information for each puzzle as you solve it.
Keep track of your times: Solve 4/6 puzzles faster than my times get EC!
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Iowa
Time to beat: 00:29

PUZZLE 1

Open Ended

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Districts in Iowa tend to be competitive

. By law, the nonpartisan state agency responsible for redistricting must draw districts that are

and match city and county boundaries as much as possible. The agency cannot consider voter

records and previous results in the process. In 2012, the state's four congressional seats were split

between the two parties, with no candidates winning more than

percent of the vote.

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due to strong laws against gerrymandering

square, rectangular, or hexagonal

registration

evenly

due to weak laws promoting gerrymandering

circular

disorganized

irregular

Michigan
Time to beat: 01:18

PUZZLE 2

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Obama carried

by nine points. Even so, Democratic House candidates, who themselves received a majority of the vote, only won

of the state's 14 seats. That's because the

-controlled state legislature packed as many

-area Democrats as they could into the 13th District and 14th District. Democratic candidates in those districts each won more than

percent of the vote.

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Michigan

five

Republican

Detroit

Florida

Democratic

eight

North Carolina
Time to beat: 01:39

PUZZLE 3

Open Ended

What was your time?

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Although

House candidates in North Carolina received a majority of the vote, Republican candidates won nine of the state's 13

seats because the

-controlled state legislature had

the 1st District, 4th District, and 12th District with Democratic voters. A geographic analysis showed that the 12th District is the

congressional district in the country.

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Democratic

Republican

least compact

House

packed

Independent

most dispersed

urban

Pennsylvania
Time to beat: 02:12

PUZZLE 4

Open Ended

What was your time?

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In what Real Clear Politics called the "

," Republican state legislators in

packed the 1st District, 2nd District, and 14th District with

voters while drawing other districts to

Republican candidates. Although Obama won Pennsylvania by 5 points in 2012, Republicans

13 of the state's 18 U.S. House seats.

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Gerrymander of the Decade

Pennsylvania

Democratic

protect

won

Gerrymander of the Century

California

Independent

dismantle

lost

Maryland
Time to beat: 00:38

PUZZLE 5

Open Ended

What was your time?

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Although Republican U.S. House candidates won about

of the vote in Maryland in 2012, they grabbed only

seats because Democratic state legislators had packed voters into the 1st District and given the 2nd District, 3rd District, and 7th District pieces of the Baltimore area to make them safely Democratic. The 3rd District has been described as "

," "

," and a "

, lying prostrate across the center of the state."

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one-third

one of the eight

a crazy quilt

a blood spatter from a crime scene

broken-winged pterodactyl

a perfect circle

a straight line

a jigsaw puzzle

Ohio
Time to beat: 01:44

PUZZLE 6

Open Ended

What was your time?

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An Ohio State University political scientist said Ohio's adopted plan was "

that I, as a political scientist, had ever seen." Although Obama

Romney by two points, Republicans took

House seats because the Republican-controlled state legislature had

Democratic voters into the

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the most grotesque partisan gerrymander

beat

12 of the state's 16

packed

3rd District, 9th District, and 13th District

the fairest electoral map

won by a landslide

drew equal representation

Can You Solve Slate’s Gerrymandering Jigsaw Puzzle?

Put the ridiculously gerrymandered congressional districts back together and collect the information for each puzzle as you solve it.
Keep track of your times: Solve 4/6 puzzles faster than my times get EC!
Open the link on the next slide in a new tab so it saves your progress.

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