Mappers [noun]

A map app on a smartphone, for example, contains algorithms designed to find the fastest route or perhaps the shortest one.

The ultimate goal of this data collection, the startup says, is to build an ever-updating 3D map of the world.

So Democrats wanted to win even more control of state government to brace for the political fight they know is coming over these maps, no matter who draws them.

This could have consequences in 2021, when Republicans draw new maps and ask whether, as they did 10 years ago, they should treat this region as a “vote sink,” a place to pack Democrats without putting any Republicans at risk.

He lied about deceptively marking up a hurricane map with a Sharpie.

That would have allowed Democrats to redraw unfavorable congressional and state legislative maps that would influence election results for the next decade.

And, of course, the red on that map didn’t actually demonstrate political popularity.

We always knew this election was going to be difficult — we’re running on extremely gerrymandered maps.

Just as embarrassingly for Democrats, a massive investment in Texas, designed to swing control of the state House and give the party a role in drawing new maps, appeared to fall completely flat.

The president also won Texas, which Democrats had hoped might turn blue and entirely reshape the electoral map.