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US
/ˈdʒɛɹiˌmændɝ/
]
[ UK /dʒˈɛɹɪmˌɑːndɐ/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈɛɹɪmˌɑːndɐ/ ]
NOUN
- an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
VERB
- divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
How To Use gerrymander In A Sentence
- States using an independent approach produced more than twice as many competitive races for state legislatures than did gerrymandered states.
- A gerrymandered election does not make for a democracy.
- The sooner these cheap-jack gerrymanders of British policy realise that the The Silver Spoon
- The demographics read only D +3 registration, but the district went for Obama by 14%, so who knows what jury-rigging was involved in the gerrymandering after the 2000 Census? Meet Bobby Schilling (R CAND, IL-17). | RedState
- Texas students shut down highway and march 7 miles to vote in gerrymandered district danah sez, "This is a video of students marching seven miles in Texas to cast their votes on the first day of early voting. Boing Boing
- Politicians have come to see manipulation of the vote much as they see gerrymandering boundaries of voting districts - all part of the electoral game.
- In these days of super-precise computer mapping, the gerrymandering is getting completely out of control. I wonder if Charlie Cook is having that dream. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
- He gerrymandered electoral districts in order to control the results and sought to regulate the press.
- When someone leaves, the apartment goes market. if you think that anything is done in NJ, especially hudson county, that does NOT involve keeping the welfare machine firmly controlled by the party currently in charge does the term gerrymander mean anything to you? if you think that anything is done in NJ, especially hudson county, that does NOT involve keeping the welfare machine firmly controlled by the party currently in charge, then you are much more stupid than i give you credit. seriously, how f'n stupid are you? how long have you been living in NJ? do you not look around and watch how the taxes are distributed in this state? hoboken is a tiny version of this entire state. you are one big f'n idiot. and you can look up "gerrymander" on google you twit. Hoboken 411
- He said the Government's electoral reforms would create a gerrymander, where electoral boundaries are created to give one party an advantage.