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What is an shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group?
gerrymanderThese are known as gerrymandered districts.
What is an oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group?
gerrymanderThese are known as gerrymandered districts.
What is a oddly shaped district designed to increase the voteing strength of a particular group?
gerrymanderThese are known as gerrymandered districts.
How do you use precinct in a sentence For government?
This precinct has been gerrymandered just before each of the last eight elections.
What is gerrymandering and which house of congress is most likely to use it?
Gerrymandering means drawing legislative districts with long, winding boundaries in order to maximize political advantage to one party or to incumbents of both parties. In the US Congress, it is used exclusively in the House of Representatives, because Senators are elected statewide in each state. However, state legislative districts and other districts in the state and local governments can also be gerrymandered.
What is 5 letter word for gerrymandered?
divide, state
How you might descrive a congressional district that has been drawn by a legislative in a very odd shape?
In 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry re-arranged the districts of some representatives to make it easier for his political party to win more seats in the Congress. The Boston Gazette newspaper noted that one of the districts was long, narrow, and irregularly shaped, and that it resembled a salamander. The term "Gerry-mander" was quickly applied to this district, and to the practice of drawing district boundaries to give political advantage to one party over another.
How many school districts in Oklahoma?
At last count there were about 540 school districts in Oklahoma. There may be a few less now. Some of the small ones join with a larger district.
How many congressional districts were there in 2010?
Except for 1959 to 1963, there have been 435 congressional districts in the U.S. since 1913.
How many districts are in the world?
Districts have no definitive size and need a reference. There are districts with reference to the world, countries, cities, towns and other locales geographically speaking. There are biological districts and mathematical ones. To identify a certain district you need a reference from which to work.
What are some examples of artificial boundaries?
Examples of artificial boundaries include national borders created through treaties or colonial conquests, gerrymandered political districts drawn to favor certain political parties, and zoning laws that designate specific areas for residential, commercial, or industrial use.
Are all voters in a State choose from the same pool of candidates when gerrymandered elections are conducted?
False
