Gerrymandering in NC

Use this paper as a reference in writing my scientific journal write up. I am currently having to re-draw the
congressional districts in North Carolina to make it more compact, competitive, proportional and split (hence
reduce gerrymandering in NC). The current map I have has increased all the things just stated (which is
awesome) but the only draw back is that when Redistricting maps you must typically satisfy four constraints
(Complete, Contiguous, Free of holes, Equal population) and my map does not meet the requirement of equal
population. So in the essay I am hoping for essentially a summary of how our congressional map is drawn with
specifics to: 13 districts, the criteria of how compactness, competitiveness, proportionality, and spitting, can
reduce gerrymandering in NC. As well as a small argument as to why the requirement of "equal population"
should not be considered, because when it is not considered compactness, competitiveness, proportionality,
and spitting all went up (reducing gerrymandering in NC).