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A House district drawn to give an advantage to one political party?
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A house district drawn to give an advantage to one political party is?
a gerrymander .
What is a District drawn to the advantage of the political party in control of a state legislature?
It is gerrymandering.
What refers to redrawing district lines for partisan advantage?
Gerrymandering is the term used to describe the process of redrawing district lines to benefit a specific political party or group. This practice aims to manipulate electoral outcomes by concentrating or diluting the voting power of certain demographics within specific districts.
What do you call the situation when district lines are drawn to the advantage of the ruling party in a state?
Gerrymandering
What refers to When legislative districts are drawn to give political advantage to a certain group?
Gerrymandering...
When voting districts are unconstitutionally drawn to the advantage of the political party in power this is known as?
Gerrymandering.
District lines for the House of Representatives are drawn by the authority?
of the state governments
How are boundary lines drawn for congressional districts?
No matter where the lines are drawn, some groups and interest are benfited while others are harmed. Nonetheless, many states continued to draw congressional district lines that favored rural over urban areas. In Wesberry vs. Sanders (1964) the Supreme Court adopted the rule od "one person, one vote." Congressional district lines now must be drawn on the basis of population after each 10 year census. According to the Court, the population in each district must be mathmatically equal to other districts in the state. Gerrymandering remains a fact of American political life.
How you might descrive a congressional district that has been drawn by a legislative in a very odd shape?
In 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry re-arranged the districts of some representatives to make it easier for his political party to win more seats in the Congress. The Boston Gazette newspaper noted that one of the districts was long, narrow, and irregularly shaped, and that it resembled a salamander. The term "Gerry-mander" was quickly applied to this district, and to the practice of drawing district boundaries to give political advantage to one party over another.
Who are Congressional district boundaries drawn by?
states!
Is an area code a political boundrie?
No. Area codes have nothing to do with political boundaries. The boundaries are drawn by a state committee after getting population and census numbers. Each is given a district number and may include several counties in the state.
District lines for the Texas legislature are drawn by the?
Texas Legislature
