Personal statement
I focused primarily on competitive elections, compactness and contiguity. Competitive elections allow fair representation of both Democrats and Republicans. Compactness keeps similar groups within the same districts and localizes voting results. Finally, contiguity reduces gerrymandering and keeps like-minded individuals together, so if they are in majority, they can influence electoral results. Thus, to build an effective map, I incorporated competitiveness, compactness, and contiguity.
