political districts to benefit a party
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political districts to benefit a party
Gerrymandering is a way of redrawing lines in a voting district to favor a candidate/political opponent and to hurt their opponent's chances of winning. For instance, a Republican could draw district lines to include many Republican voters into one district. They could also draw the district lines to split up the Democrat voters, making it difficult for them to ever be a majority of the district. Often, gerrymandering is obvious because of the strangely-shaped districts.
The process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party is called gerrymandering. The word comes from the combination of the name Gerry and the word salamander. Gerry was the governor of Massachusetts in 1812 when the congressional districts in his state were redrawn to favor his Democratic-Republican Party. One of the words was said to resemble a salamander.
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Gerrymandering is not illegal in this country. Although it definitely has bad ethical and immoral implications, it is still being used in the United States. Gerrymandering deliberately attempts to disenfranchise certain voters and favor one particular political party over the other.