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gerrymandering
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gerrymander \Ger`ry*man"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gerrymandered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gerrymandering .] To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage ...
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n. (context politics English) The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party. vb. (present participle of gerrymander English)
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In the process of setting electoral districts , gerrymandering is a practice intended to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries . The resulting district is known as a gerrymander ; however, that ...
Usage examples of gerrymandering.
The resulting tangle of territories defined by ethnic groups, religions, and nationalistic loyalties made even the most convoluted gerrymanderings of political districts back in the States look tame by comparison.