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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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