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Good examples can be found in Chicago, Baltimore, Austin and Miami. I think Illinois District 4 has to be the most ridiculously shaped Congressional District. And this is only Congressional Districts; there are plenty of examples of gerrymandering for State Assembly and State Senate districts

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Packing or cracking; putting as many like minded voter in an area to sway an election or spreading out influential voters to stack an election.

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