
- [2023] The wrangling here turned out to be more challenging than expected, so I'll allow you to follow the hints I've posted (notably the one about manually downloading/unzipping the districtShape data) and submitting something soon with no late charge.

- The map plots are all elongated, which doesn't work very well and isn't necessary.

- I agree that there is gerrymandering in Michigan, but it's not so obvious given the natural separation of liberal voters packed into the cities and conservative spread across rural areas. The Leaftlet-based interactive maps allow us to zoom in on the cities to see the telltale signs of gerrymandering.

