SALT LAKE CITY — Currently, all four of Utah's congressional districts converge within a few blocks in Millcreek. In one location, districts 1, 2, and 3 are delineated by a small canal and 39th South. Just 10 blocks away, districts 1, 2, and 4 meet at the intersection of 3900 South and 900 East.

Picture four friends from the same local middle school with all four sets of parents registered in separate congressional districts. The official reasoning behind it is the idea that every representative serves urban and rural areas. Unofficially, it separates the most Democratic parts of the state four ways, making each district a Republican stronghold.

In this story, we used one of the three maps proposed by Utah's Independent Redistricting Commission after the 2020 Census. Voters approved an i

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