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Unique-Public-8594 t1_it27bzh wrote

Could you explain in 7 yo terms what this is? What patterns does it reveal? What is the significance of the numbers and colors?

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Rick_LXIX_CDXX OP t1_it2c4ii wrote

Each shape of one color is a district. Each district must have the same number of people living within it.

During an election, the voters participate in statewide elections, as well as the election within their district that only they get to vote in. Each district elects one state representative, and then all the representatives (one from each district throughout the state) convene to form the House of Representatives.

Because the representatives each represent a similar number of people, they each have an equal vote in the House of Representatives.

The districts all contain the same number of people, so smaller ones are more densely populated and larger ones are more rural. You can click on "Evaluate" in the top right corner to see various statistics about each district.

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