Gerrymandering is the act of drawing congressional, state legislative or other political boundaries to favor a political party or one particular candidate for elected office. The purpose of gerrymandering is to grant one party power over another by creating districts that hold dense concentrations of voters who are favorable to their policies.
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- You've likely heard about gerrymandering in the United States. As the country becomes more and more divided over political issues, it's a term that comes up a lot.
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- Much of the worst gerrymandering was concentrated in parts of the Southern and Northeastern United States.
- While the practice of gerrymandering stretches back into the early nineteenth century, it has recently attracted the attention of voters and the criticism of courts.
- Except in states like Maryland and Illinois, where the Democrats in power gerrymandered the districts to push out Republicans.