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Bookmark or Share- Where Did the Term “Gerrymander” Come From? | SmithsonianLong and thin, the redrawn state senate district in Massachusetts stretched from near Boston to the New Hampshire border, where it hooked east along the Merrimack River to the coast. It sliced up...
- Gerrymander Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster: to divide (as a state) into election districts so as to give one political party an advantage over its opponents. from Elbridge Gerry, former governor of Massachusetts, and sala mander; so called from the shape of an election district formed during Gerry's term in office. : the act or method of gerrymandering.
- Gerrymandering | Definition, Litigation, & Facts | Britannicagerrymandering, in U.S. politics, the practice of drawing the boundaries of electoral districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage over its rivals (political or partisan gerrymandering) or that dilutes the voting power of members of ethnic or linguistic minority groups (racial gerrymandering).
- Gerrymandering - WikipediaIn representative electoral systems, gerrymandering (/ ˈdʒɛrimændərɪŋ / JERR-ee-man-dər-ing, originally / ˈɡɛrimændərɪŋ / GHERR-ee-man-dər-ing) [1][2] is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.
- Gerrymandering In The USA - ArcGIS StoryMapsWhile both parties gerrymandered in 2020's redistricting, the new map gave added Republican favor in 11 different states, largely impacting the House and Senate races in 2024 (Li 2024). Examples of Gerrymandering
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