Nearly homogenous but oddly shaped districts lead to a representative legislature, with voter and legislative demographics nearly matching.

Let’s break this down step by step.

We’re told that voters lean 54% Democrat. That means, out of all the voters (represented by dots), 54% are blue (Democrat) and 46% are red (Republican).

Looking at the grid: there are 10 rows and 10 columns → total of 100 dots.

So if 54% are Democrat, that’s 54 blue dots.
And 46% are Republican → 46 red dots.

Now, the legislature is made up of 11 seats — shown as 11 stick figures at the top: 6 blue and 5 red.

That means 6 out of 11 legislators are Democrat.

Let’s calculate what percent that is:

6 ÷ 11 = ?

Do the division:
6 ÷ 11 ≈ 0.54545...

Multiply by 100 to get percent:
≈ 54.545...% → which rounds to 54.5%

So the legislature is 54.5% Democrat — exactly as stated in the image.

This matches the voter proportion (54%) very closely — so even though the districts are oddly shaped, they still produced a representative result.

Final Answer:
The legislature has 6 Democrats out of 11 seats, which equals approximately 54.5%, matching the 54% Democratic voter share almost exactly.