What's ironic to me is that this map, which is so much better for the Republicans than the Ad Astra 2 map, actually looks less gerrymandered than the Ad Astra 2 map. In Wasserman's map, the districts look like solid blocks of contiguous territory. The 2nd district in particular is a lot more cohesive in Wasserman's map than in the Ad Astra 2 map. The 2nd district in the Ad Astra 2 map is hideous, the way it snakes around Lawrence and other parts of eastern Kansas to avoid the 1st and 3rd districts.
The only eyebrow-raising thing in Wasserman's map is the extension of the 1st district all the way to the Missouri border. But in many ways, that's not as much of a stretch as one might think. Kansans already refer to the 1st district as the "Big First". So it being the only district that goes from border to border makes sense, in a way.
