Redrawing voting district boundaries to favor a specific party is called gerrymandering. The word is a portmanteau (combination) Gerry (Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry) and the word salamander, which his districts looked resembled.
Generally speaking the term of gerrymandering is used when voting districts within a state in the US is divided in such a way as to favor a politician or a political party. For example. a heavily minority area within a state that has proven to vote for, as example, Democratic candidates, may be redivided in such a way to split that majority area into two or three areas, negating the voting power of a particular group of people.
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It is called Gerrymandering.
It is called Gerrymandering.
Setting political boundaries in a way that favors one party. The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group. an oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group
Majority-Minority Districts
This voting district is called a majority-minority district.
Precinct
The smallest voting district in the US is called a precinct. Kansas had the smallest average precinct size with 437 voters per precinct. The District of Columbia had the largest average size at 2,704 voters per precinct.
A Gerrymander is an oddly shaped district that is designed to increase the voting strength and power of one political party at the expense of another. As a result of the manipulation of district boundaries, the shape of political map becomes altered and distorted.
22 Congressional district
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absentee voting.
District 2 congressional district