gerrymanderˈdʒɛr ɪˌmæn dər, ˈgɛr-
gerrymander (v)
- present
- gerrymanders
- past
- gerrymandered
- past participle
- gerrymandered
- present participle
- gerrymandering
gerrymander (n)
- plural
- gerrymanders
English Definitions:
gerrymander (verb)
an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
gerrymander (verb)
divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
gerrymander (Noun)
The act of gerrymandering.
gerrymander (Noun)
A voting district skewed by gerrymandering.
gerrymander (Verb)
To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
gerrymander (Verb)
To draw dividing lines for other types of districts in an unintuitive way to favor a particular group or for other perceived gain.
gerrymander
In representative democracies, gerrymandering (, originally ) is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries with the intent to create undue advantage for a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency. The manipulation may involve "cracking" (diluting the voting power of the opposing party's supporters across many districts) or "packing" (concentrating the opposing party's voting power in one district to reduce their voting power in other districts). Gerrymandering can also be used to protect incumbents. Wayne Dawkins describes it as politicians picking their voters instead of voters picking their politicians.The term gerrymandering is named after American politician Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States at the time of his death, who, as governor of Massachusetts in 1812, signed a bill that created a partisan district in the Boston area that was compared to the shape of a mythological salamander. The term has negative connotations, and gerrymandering is almost always considered a corruption of the democratic process. The resulting district is known as a gerrymander (). The word is also a verb for the process.
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