Politics How gerrymandered is Massachusetts? The short answer? It's better than it used to be. "The Gerry-Mander" first appeared in a cartoon map in the Boston Gazette in 1812.

Cartoon map artist Justin Galloway, of Studio Galloway Caricatures, created the map. Minuteman Press in Dedham recently printed a first-round of 3,000 copies that Destination Downtown will ...