January 25, 2020, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by davidsog
Gerrymandering only occurs when a district goes against what the majority of the people who live there want.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gerrymander
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Definition of gerrymander (Entry 2 of 2)
transitive verb
1 : to divide or arrange (a territorial unit) into election districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage : to subject to gerrymandering
// The government gerrymandered urban districts to create rural majorities.
— Matthew Reiss
2 : to divide or arrange (an area) into political units to give special advantages to one group
// gerrymander a school district
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