As I have hinted at before, the current legislative and congressional districts in this country are largely Republican-drawn. This is because of REDMAP (the Redistricting Majority Project). In 2010, a Republican super PAC spent $30 million on ads for specific state legislative races. This money, coupled with backlash to President Obama's administration, allowed Republicans to take control of most state legislatures.
The next step was drawing the maps. This was done by Republican operatives and experienced political cartographers. These maps were given to state legislators, who introduced and passed them into law.
REDMAP is the reason that the Republican party was able to maintain a majority in the US House despite getting fewer US House votes than the Democrats nationally. It is also the reason that the both congress and state legislatures are likely to remain in Republican hands until at least 2020.
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