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Verb
/ˈjerēˌmandər/,
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gerrymanders, 3rd person singular present; jerrymandered, past participle; jerrymandered, past tense; gerrymandering, present participle; gerrymandered, past tense; jerrymanders, 3rd person singular present; gerrymandered, past participle; jerrymandering, present participle;
  1. Manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class

  2. Achieve (a result) by such manipulation
    • - a total freedom to gerrymander the results they want
Noun
  1. An instance of such a practice

  1. an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
  2. divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
  3. Gerrymandering is a form of boundary delimitation (redistricting) in which electoral district or constituency boundaries are deliberately modified for electoral purposes, thereby producing a contorted or unusual shape. ...
  4. (gerrymandering) The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party
  5. (gerrymandered) an area divided among different groups so as to give one group an advantage because more people of that group live in a certain part. Voting districts are sometimes gerrymandered, created with odd shapes and boundaries so that one political party has an advantage.
  6. (Gerrymandering) The manipulation of congressional district lines to maximize the partisan advantage of a political party or faction; term was coined in 1812 to describe the Massachusetts redistricting plan under Governor Elbridge Gerry.
  7. (Gerrymandering) the process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the political party in power. The process is usually used to turn “too close to call” states into a party’s favor.
  8. (gerrymandering) designing legislative districts to favor one party's candidates over another.
  9. Gerrymandering refers to the process of redrawing Congressional districts when the boundaries are drawn for a party or a specific group’s electoral gain.
  10. (Gerrymandering) Drawing of a strangely shaped congressional district to give an advantage to a particular party, faction, or race.
  11. (Gerrymandering) Occurs where a roisterer at a party, particularly one where he is confronted by a sea of unfamiliar faces, becomes too over-refreshed to know whether he is talking to Gerry or Amanda.
  12. (Gerrymandering) The distorted drawing of electoral lines to give an unfair advantage to one group. The word comes from a combination of salamander and Elbridge Gerry (I 744-1814), a Revolutionary era governor of Massachusetts and signer of the Declaration of Independence. ...
  13. (Gerrymandering) The manipulation of the redistricting process at the state level to benefit the majority party and/or all incumbents. ...
  14. (Gerrymandering) n. In modern democracy, the fine art of manipulating certain parts (known as districts) of an ancient artifact from the days before computers, called the Electoral College. ...
  15. (gerrymandering) The redrawing of a political district to favor a particular candidate or kind of candidate, e.g. an incumbent, a member of a particular political party or a racial minority.
  16. To divide an area into districts, against the obvious natural divisions, in order to accomplish an unlawful purpose. For example: To divide a school district to keep out certain people for reasons of race or religion, to divide a political voting district so as to give power to a political party.
  17. Dividing a constituency deliberately to give an advantage to one political party or to particular voters, for example according to racial or ethnic background
  18. Division of areas to give special advantages to certain groups; it is a mechanism to adjust Congressional boundaries to meet the ruling political parties’ objectives.  Illegal immigration is a symptom of this type of social and political engineering.
  19. The drawing of electoral boundaries in a way which gives one political party an unfair advantage in elections. Named after Governor Gerry of Massachusetts (1812) who approved a rigged boundary shaped like a salamander, hence the term 'gerrymander'.
  20. The act of drawing a district for grossly partisan purposes. A portmanteau of "Elbridge Gerry", the fifth Vice President of the United States and the ninth governor of Massachusetts, and "salamander", for the often snaky, serpentine appearance of such districts as depicted on a map. ...
  21. A district or set of districts with unusual boundaries that is drawn in that way to favor one or more interest groups over others.
  22. The reorganization of voting districts by the party in power to insure more votes for their candidates. The term originated in 1811, when Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts signed a bill that changed districts to favor the Democrats. ...
  23. The dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
  24. To divide electoral ridings in a way that favours one party over another. For example, if the Conservative government created a riding that included only affluent suburbs, or if Elizabeth May created a riding that included only her house.