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The shape we're in
From similes recently used in newspapers and magazines to describe the shapes of federal and state legislative districts.
- Like yogurt cups
- Like doughnuts
- Like a crescent moon
- Like embryos
- Like the head of a pipe wrench
- Like a horseshoe
- Like a crab with two narrow claws
- Like a ribbon of shame
- Like the bread of a sandwich
- Like a boomerang
- Like a spaghetti noodle
- Like they were drawn by a drunk with an Etch-a-Sketch
- Like a cow’s tail
- Like bug splats
- Like a dragon
- Like a fat snake
- Like a bad restaurant-floor accident
- Like a skewed bow tie
- Like an upside-down swan
- Like a tornado
- Like Chile
- Like a question mark
- Like a backward C with a fat middle
- Like a bucket of earthworms
- Like long fingers
- Like serpents
- Like a gun pointed east
- Like Rorschach tests
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| SEE ALSO: Election districts; Gerrymandering; 2001- | |
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