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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it is called safe seat
The voters in a given district are called constituents. A constituency is the entire body of voters as a whole.
It is called Gerrymandering.
A political unit such as a state is divided into districts for the purpose of electing representatives to a legislative body. If the basis of election is population, with equal number of people represented by each elected member, the boundaries of the district must be changed after each census if the population changes. This is called redistricting (drawing new district boundaries).
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It is called gerrymandering.
Gerrymandering or reapportionment
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In the beer brewing industry, filling a cask is called racking, drawing beer from one cask to another is called re-racking. Another possible word in the wine industry is decanting.
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Redrawing the boundary lines to benefit a candidate or party is called gerrymandering. The name comes from the governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, who, in 1812, manipulated boundaries to favor his own party.
Plate boundaries where plates slide past each other horizontally are called transform boundaries. These boundaries are characterized by lateral movement between tectonic plates, often resulting in earthquakes. An example of a transform boundary is the San Andreas Fault in California.