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to increase their voting strength
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Why do political parties sometimes gerrymander their districts?
to increase their voting strength
What are some ways that political parties at the state level can gerrymander districts?
- They would pack a district with supporters so they would know they won that district.
Why do politicians gerrymander electoral districts?
Politicians gerrymander electoral districts to gain a political advantage. By manipulating the boundaries of the districts, politicians can concentrate the voting power of a particular group or dilute the power of opposing groups. This allows them to solidify their political control and increase the likelihood of winning elections.
Who gerrymander's districts?
state legislatures
What word describes the practice of the political party with the majority in a state legislature drawing a districts boundaries to gain an advantage in an election?
Gerrymander
What group used it's power to gerrymander congressional districts?
State Legislators
Which of the following is the best definition of gerrymander?
A gerrymander is an oddly shaped district design to increase the voting strength of a particular party. The name comes from salamander-shaped districts drawn up the influence of one Elbridge Gerry , a governor of Massachusetts. As a verb it means to draw up gerrymander districts. Gerrymandering tends to occur after each census which changes the number of Congressional districts in a state. States also need to change their own legislative distrcts from to time to time due to shifts in population and the new districts may be gerrymandered to help the party in power. The idea is to study past voting records and create as many districts as possible with a slight but solid majority for the controling party. It may be necessary to have some "lost" districts to which as many opposing voters as possible are placed.
The senator's attempt to voting districts in New Hampshire backfired when he lost the primary to another candidate?
gerrymander
Is garrymandering unconstitutional?
No. Gerrymandering is simply drawing political districts to conform with the requirements of population distribution resulting from the census. The name gerrymander is a result of the efforts of Mr. Gerry's attempt to draw the district so as to encompass only those areas he thought would support him. The newly drawn district looked like a salamander, hence gerrymander.
A house district drawn to give an advantage to one political party is?
a gerrymander .
A House district drawn to give an advantage to one political party?
gerrymander
Which institution developed outside the limits of the written constitution of the United states?
Political Parties.
