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Gerrymander:
Apportionment of electoral districts in such a way as to give the political party in power an advantage in electing its representatives.
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  • Gerrymandering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Societies whose government uses a single-winner voting systems are the most likely to have political parties that gerrymander for advantage. Most notably, gerrymandering is ...

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    Definitions of gerrymander at Dictionary.com. ... 1. U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in ...

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    gerrymander (plural gerrymanders) The act of gerrymandering. By this iniquitous practice, which is known as the gerrymander, the party in a minority in each State is allowed to get ...

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