But these states don't show any discernible relationships between population, the number of seats in a congressional district and the extent of gerrymandering. Pennsylvania and New York have lost congressional seats over time. But Pennsylvania's gerrymandering scores have risen steadily, while New York's peaked around the 98th Congress and have been declining ever since. Texas has nearly doubled its congressional representation since 1950, and its gerrymandering average spiked in the 103rd Congress, dipped in the 108th, and shot back up in the 113th. Maryland's number of districts has been relatively flat, and its gerrymander scores have fluctuated considerably.

             The article is really interesting because it allows me to learn about the congress in general. I live in New York for almost 14 years and I didn't know that New York was loosing congressional seats. This mean we do not have enough people that represent us I think this article needs to be advertise by all the New Yorkers as a wake up call and take action of this act. I feel that New York population has not decrease in order for them to remove congressional seat over time.