[NonValueAdded]

Actually, CA-23 looks like it could have a good basis for its existence. It is all coastal plus the offshore islands. There is plenty of obvious common interest there.

Look at Barney Frank's district for a good contender as the worst. There is zero common interest between the northern wealthy communities like Brookline and Newton, the central rural areas around Taunton, and the southern fishing towns like Fall River and New Bedford.

And remember, Massachusetts invented Gerrymandering.

[allmendream]

I agree about CA-23. All coastal looks fairly geographic and with an obvious common interest.

The purpose of gerrymandering is not JUST to make “safe” seats for incumbents; but also to dilute the power of the other party - both motivations entirely against the spirit of a Representative Republic.

[Hoodlum91]

And worth noting that without that curlicue to the north of 95, we’d be welcoming Rep. Beilat to Congress. Brookline and Newton alone accounted for all but 400 of Barney’s margin of victory.