In total, here are some of the different ways in which ensembles are used (making sure to distinguish between how things are used and how well-suited they are for the task

Use: Provide evidence for partisan gerrymandering

How: Outlier analysis

Use: Study the effects of enacting redistricting reforms

How: Change the prioritization of different things when constructing an ensemble of maps (ex. making minimizing county splits one's highest priority)

Use: Analyze the effects of gerrymandering

How: Create a "non-gerrymandered" counterfactual and compare what happens in that world to what happened in our world.

Use: Evaluate proposed maps in real time, driving the public narrative

How: Instead of waiting to see the consequences of a map, analyze the map on past election results and share its effects.