Pennsylvania’s congressional map was considered to be one of the most gerrymandered in our nation’s history, but several experts have helped change that, writes Issie Lapowsky for Wired magazine.

John Kennedy, a political scientist at West Chester University, testified last December for the League of Women Voters in its bid to overturn Pennsylvania’s 2011 electoral map. His job was to show how Pennsylvania’s map had evolved over time and to prove that it was drawn by the General Assembly specifically to ensure a Republican victory in most districts.

The example Kennedy used was the seventh congressional district, the renowned “Goofy Kicking Donald Duck.”

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His testimony was supported by Wes Pegden, a Carnegie Mellon mathematician. In an academic paper written before his testimony, Pegden proved that the state map was drawn with partisan intent.

Jowei Chen, a political scientist at the University of Michigan, gave an example of what a map could look like if it was “geographically normal.”

Read more about Pennsylvania’s congressional map in Wired magazine here.

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