1. Gerrymandering: A connection between Math and Politics
Richard Strausz
11/15/16

2. How many of the 14 Representatives
Michigan has 14 members of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC.
In the 2014 congressional races, Democrats received more votes than Republicans: Democrats: 1,515,716 (49.15%) Republicans: 1,463,854 (47.47%)
How many of the 14 Representatives
would you predict were from each party?

3. 9 and 5
9 Republicans and 5 Democrats
Today we will explore how that could happen.

4. Here is a map of Michigan Congressional districts:

8. How few of one party could there be to still control a majority of a state’s districts?

9. How few of one party could there be to still control a majority of a state’s districts?

10. How few of one party could there be to still control a majority of a state’s districts?

11. Challenge Question:
Feel free to change the Butcher population map to see how few of one party could control a majority of the State’s districts.