Question

Rewrite in a 5th graders response

Many of the congressional districts in Chicago are oddly shaped and stretched out, with long, twisting boundaries. This is because they were drawn to include or split specific communities, an example of gerrymandering.

Answer 1

In Chicago, some voting areas that pick members of Congress look weird — long and twisty instead of neat. That happens because the people who draw the lines sometimes stretch or cut them to include or split certain neighborhoods so one side can win more easily. This trick is called gerrymandering.