In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts. The resulting district apportionment is known as a gerrymander (ər); however, that word can also refer to the proc...
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in U.S. politics, drawing the boundaries of electoral districts in a way that gives one party an unfair advantage over its rivals. The term is ... [3 related articles]
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Defining legislative district boundaries in order to create an unfair advantage to one political party.
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Gerrymandering is an American arrangement of the boundaries of election districts so contrived as to secure an unfair advantage to the dominant party. In colonial American times elections were by counties or by towns, and the gerrymander was not developed. The first gerrymander was said to be an arrangement of Patrick Henry's, whereby Madison shoul...
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When state legislatures draw the boundaries for Congressional districts to benefit the party in power. It often results in districts in unusual shapes, and constituents are often confused about which Congressional district they are eligible to vote in. Named after Elbridge Gerry, who, when governor of Massachusetts in 1812, signed into law a tortuo...
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