Gerrymandering helps one party secure the majority of a state's votes by intentionally arranging voting areas to cause most voting areas to go to that party. It is illegal in the United States.
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.
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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.
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.
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Leroy Clyde Hardy has written: 'Redistricting reform' -- subject(s): Election districts, 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.
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.
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.
Gerrymandering is the term for realigning districts based upon population figures