Gerrymandering Definition
verb
Apportioning legislative districts in a way calculated to give an undue advantage to a political party, by concentrating its members or separating those of another party from one another; implies lines drawn in an otherwise illogical way.
Webster's New World Law
Present participle of gerrymander.
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noun
(politics) The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.
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Origin of Gerrymandering
After the US Politician Governor Elbridge Gerry who was associated with a constituency said to resemble a salamander.
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