The way most states' congressional districts are redrawn after every 10-year US Census is political. That is a mistake, because if you leave redistricting in the hands of majority political parties, they will re-draw to their own political advantage.
Take Texas, for example. Not only are the districts determined by the majority party only, they balkanize the citizens living in them philosophically. So you end up with Abilene mostly Republican and McAllen mostly Democrat.
There are a few states that use other, more apolitical systems for drawing congressional lines. Non-political redistricting allows freer political landscapes for otherwise very red and very blue districts.
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