Here, for instance, are the state's interior district borders under the 2011 Republican-drawn map. (I've eliminated the external state borders, because those are a constant in every district map.) Now let's look at the interior borders under the court-drawn map. The 2018 court-drawn map, on the other hand, accomplished the same feat with 1,908 miles of boundary — a reduction of 37 percent, or 1,139 miles. The state's Republican leaders, for their part, have vowed to challenge the new state court-drawn map in federal court.

Source: Washington Post February 20, 2018 16:50 UTC