Figure 6.9 Gerrymandering of a congressional district in Maryland. Gerrymandering is often identifiable by the oddly shaped boundaries it produces. The shape of Maryland’s Third District, likened to an “amoeba convention” and “a broken-winged pterodactyl,” is a case in point. While gerrymandering is difficult to prove, such shapes raise suspicions. In this case, Democrats defended the shape, while Republicans wanted the district redrawn. Gerrymandering may be in the eye of the beholder. (Source: NationalAtlas.gov.)