Democrats won in 9 of the 10 most-gerrymandered districts. But eight out of 10 of those districts were drawn by Republicans

 This speaks to the notion that the point of gerrymandering isn't to draw yourself a safe seat but to put

your opponents in safe seats by cramming all of their supporters into a small number of districts. This

lets you spread your own supporters over a larger number of districts. And the way to do this is to

draw outlandishly-shaped districts that bring far-flung geographic areas together. North Carolina's

12th district, which holds the title of the nation's most-gerrymandered, is a textbook example of this:

It snakes from north of Greensboro, to Winston-Salem, and then all the way down to Charlotte,

spanning most of the state in the process.

 Gerrymandering works for the party that designs a particular district. The more spread out your

seats are the more electoral advantage you have. The plan is to give your opponent less seats but

making them feel confident by having more supporters within smaller districts. The more oddly

shaped and widely spread states, indicate more gerrymandering. An example would be the passage

above how Democrats won the 9 of the 10 districts because they were designed by their opponent

party. North Carolina's 12th district from Greensboro more widespread districts are part of the nations

most gerrymandered states.

 You can conclude that based on the information given the number of supporters is not a factor. You

might think and feel comfortable if you do but it is what gerrymandering is about. Having a large

number of supporters within a small district will not help if your number of seats are small.However,

the number of seats you have per district is what will give you the electoral advantage. Boundaries

are drawn to benefit a party disadvantaging their opponent party. I don't think this should be how

electing should take place but it is one of the methods used today and has increased over the years.