Status Updates From Gerrymandering in America: ...

This is academic but they have actual data on what makes the best gerrymander...They discuss the responsiveness of the seats/votes function: for PartyA, we can calculate how much its seat share wld increase if it won an additional percentage of the vote. "If state has many areas where supporters of ea party R v concentrated, then there will B tendency toward districting plans w/ many safe seats & low responsiveness."