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Did gerrymandering allow people to vote in any state?
No- gerrymandering is the practice of drawing up the boundaries of legislative districts in odd ways in order to favor the election of certain candidates.
What Is the creation of odd shaped electoral district in order to give a particular an advantage in an election?
Gerrymandering.
What is the dividing a state into odd-shaped election districts to benefit a particular party or group?
gerrymandering
The process of gerrymandering refers to?
Gerrymandering is the process of dividing areas into election districts with the goal of giving one political party majority in more districts. The process was named for E. Gerry who was governor of Massachusetts in 1812.
How does gerrymandering impact the fairness of electoral districts?
Gerrymandering affects the fairness of electoral districts by allowing political parties to manipulate boundaries to their advantage, potentially diluting the voting power of certain groups and skewing election outcomes.
What word describes the practice of the political party with the majority in a state legislator drawing a districts boundaries to gain an advantage in an election?
gerrymandering
What has the author Leroy Clyde Hardy written?
Leroy Clyde Hardy has written: 'Redistricting reform' -- subject(s): Election districts, Gerrymandering
What are the positive effect of gerrymandering?
There is nothing good about it. It makes sure that the election is rigged for a particular group to win. A case is before the Supreme Court now on this.
Redistricting power was abused creating congressional districts of unequal power and by what?
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.
What is the definition of jury mandering?
I think you mean Gerrymandering and the definition is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering
Why is gerrymandering done and who does it benefit?
Gerrymandering is done so that representatives can be guaranteed to be reelected. It benefits the representative of the district they are gerrymandering.
What refers to the way in which states redraw election districts based on the changing number of people in them?
Gerrymandering is the term for realigning districts based upon population figures
