All of this gets back to the point that states should have independent commissions that set election district boundaries.
North Carolina Republicans just had the Supreme Court rule against their gerrymandered districts today...
US Supreme Court tosses NC legislative districts
http://www.wral.com/us-supreme-cour...stricts-no-special-election-ordered/16743271/
Of course, the Republican excuse for these absurd districts was that the Democrats did the same thing for decades in our state until 2010 (which is true). The bottom line is neither party should be gerrymandering districts for their advantage -- an independent commission should decide boundaries.