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gerrymander

UK /ˈd͡ʒɛɹiˌmændə/US /ˈd͡ʒɛɹiˌmændəɹ/

verb 4
noun 2
forms 5

verb4

To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
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To draw dividing lines for other types of districts in an unintuitive way to favor a particular group or for other perceived gain.
- The superintendent helped gerrymander the school district lines in order to keep the children of the wealthy gated community in the better school all the way across town.
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To change the franchise or voting system in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
- [The Reform Bill's] main purpose will be so to gerrymander the electorate as to give the greatest possible assistance to the Radical party at the next election. — 1912
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(UK, Ireland) To deliberately bring in voters of one's own party or displace voters of another party from a voting district in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
- Fermanagh Council even went so far as to create the new village of Donagh in an attempt to move Catholics out of Newtownbutler, four miles away, so unionists could gerrymander a majority. — 2022

noun2

The act of gerrymandering.
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A voting district skewed by gerrymandering.
- Any citizen looking at a map of district 12 could immediately tell that it was a gerrymander because of the ridiculous way it cut across four counties while carving up neighborhoods in half.

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Gerrymandered · gerrymandered · gerrymandering · Gerrymanders · gerrymanders

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