It either increases or decreases the voting power of a segment of the population and, consequently, makes more or less likely the election of a specific candidate or kind of candidate.
I think you mean Gerrymandering and the definition is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering is done so that representatives can be guaranteed to be reelected. It benefits the representative of the district they are gerrymandering.
The duration of Gerrymandering - film - is 1.35 hours.
Gerrymandering distorts the fairness of elections by allowing politicians to manipulate voting districts to their advantage. This can result in unequal representation and diminish the voice of certain groups of voters, undermining the democratic process.
Gerrymandering - film - was created on 2010-10-15.
Gerrymandering can impact the composition and representation of the Senate by allowing political parties to manipulate district boundaries to their advantage. This can result in unequal representation of voters and potentially skew the balance of power in the Senate towards one party.
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Politicians won't prevent gerrymandering, because that's what put them in office in the first place.
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.
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