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Gerrymandering

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Gerrymandering There are many things that are curious in the USA but Gerrymandering is perhaps the most curious one. Wikipedia: “Gerrymandering is a practice intended to establish an unfair political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries" Maybe "curious" is not the right word. "Ugly"? "Appalling"?

Here, a square city (4x4 and 5x5) blocks is divided in four/five districts of four/five blocks.

Four districts in a four by four city, black on white

Grid: 13 × 9
Colour: black on white
Paper: Canson XL Bristol, A4
Pen: black pigmented fineliner
Dimensions: 27.5 × 19 cm

16 neighbourhoods are divided in four districts of four neighbourhoods each

117 unique possible configurations in a 13x9 grid (eg. https://oeis.org/A172477)

Five districts in a five by five city, black on white

Grid: 73 × 55
Colour: black on white
Paper: Canson XL Bristol, A3
Pen: black pigmented fineliner
Dimensions: 36 × 27 cm

25 neighbourhoods are divided in five districts of five neighbourhoods each

4006 unique possible configurations in a 73x55-9 grid (eg https://oeis.org/A172477)

Four districts in a four by four city, white on black

Grid: 13 × 9
Colour: white on black
Paper: Fabriano Black Black 300 g, A4
Pen: white pen (Mitsubishi Uni-ball)
Dimensions: 27.5 × 19 cm

16 neighbourhoods are divided in four districts of four neighbourhoods each

117 unique possible configurations in a 13x9 grid (eg. https://oeis.org/A172477)