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Gerrymandering
gerrymandering
Gerrymandering tries to create districts that have a partisan advantage. By doing this, the practice of it affects congressional district boundaries by attempting to stretch them.
Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts redrew congressional districts so it would be more favorable to his party. This process became known as gerrymandering.
gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing districts in a way that benefits a particular political party or group. This can involve packing voters of one party into a single district to reduce their influence in other districts, or cracking voters of one party across multiple districts to dilute their voting power. Gerrymandering undermines the principle of equal representation and can lead to distorted election outcomes.
gerrymandering
The process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party is called gerrymandering. The word comes from the combination of the name Gerry and the word salamander. Gerry was the governor of Massachusetts in 1812 when the congressional districts in his state were redrawn to favor his Democratic-Republican Party. One of the words was said to resemble a salamander.
A census is taken for the purpose of realigning congressional districts based on changes in population. This ensures that each district has a similar number of residents and that representation in Congress is proportional to the population.
Gerrymandering. Named after a politician named Gerry and for the shape of the district that he created resembling a salamander.
Gerrymandering applies to electoral districts, specifically legislative districts used for state and federal elections, such as congressional and state assembly districts. It involves manipulating the boundaries of these districts to favor one political party over another, which can occur in any area where districts are drawn, including urban, suburban, and rural regions. The specific districts affected vary by state and depend on the redistricting process, which typically occurs every ten years after the census.
Good examples can be found in Chicago, Baltimore, Austin and Miami. I think Illinois District 4 has to be the most ridiculously shaped Congressional District. And this is only Congressional Districts; there are plenty of examples of gerrymandering for State Assembly and State Senate districts
Wesberry v. Sanders was settled by the Supreme Court in 1964. It didn't outlaw Gerrymandering, it instituted the "one person, one vote" rule which forces all congressional districts have nearly the same population. Gerrymandering hasn't been outlawed.