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I . ger·ry·man·der [ˈʤeriˌmændəʳ, Am -ɚ] VERB intr POL
gerrymander SUBST
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- Gerrymander is a portmanteau of the governor's last name and the word "salamander".en.wikipedia.org
- Societies whose legislatures use a single-winner voting system are the most likely to have political parties that gerrymander for advantage.en.wikipedia.org
- The author of the term gerrymander may never be definitively established.en.wikipedia.org
- As with congressional districts, moreover, this method is vulnerable to gerrymandering.en.wikipedia.org
- Through gerrymandering, constituencies are deliberately designed to unfairly increase the number of seats won by one party at the expense of another.en.wikipedia.org
- Consequently, gerrymandering is typically done under voting systems using single-member districts, which have more wasted votes.en.wikipedia.org
- The popular or numerical election results within a constituency, precinct, or electoral district can be distorted by the act of gerrymandering.en.wikipedia.org
- It has been called a form of gerrymander, however it is more accurately referred to as an electoral malapportionment.en.wikipedia.org
- When driven by partisan bodies, this process opens up the possibility of gerrymandering for political or factional advantage.en.wikipedia.org
- For a large portion of its history, the state was under a gerrymander that heavily favoured rural electorates.en.wikipedia.org
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