gerrymanders
Draws partisan districts
Gerrymanders are electoral districts drawn to give one party an unfair advantage, or the acts of creating them.
The term comes from an 1812 political cartoon depicting a Massachusetts district so contorted it resembled a salamander—drawn under Governor Elbridge Gerry.
To gerrymander is to manipulate boundaries this way: The legislature gerrymandered the district to protect incumbents.
Putting items in containers
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- stackingPlacing items vertically
- hijackingForcible seizure mid-transit
- kidnappingUnlawful seizure of person
bleaching · homogenizing · concentrating · diluting · splitting · fragmenting · dispersing · targeting
Redrawing electoral boundaries
- partisanBiased toward one side
- boundariesLines marking separation
- districtsDefined administrative regions
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
rigging · unfair · skewed · biased · carved · redrawn · advantage · incumbent
Tailed, moist-skinned amphibian
- contortedTwisted unnaturally
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
- snakingMoving in curves
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
bizarre · elongated · twisted · sprawling · jagged · convoluted · meandering · tortuous
Violating fundamental law
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- challengedDisputed or questioned
- courtsJudicial bodies or playing areas
- remediesTreatments that restore health
invalidated · overturned · ruling · injunction · appeals · plaintiffs · voters · discrimination
packing
Putting items in containers
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- stackingPlacing items vertically
- hijackingForcible seizure mid-transit
kidnapping · bleaching · homogenizing · concentrating · diluting · splitting · fragmenting · dispersing · targeting · demographic
redistricting
Redrawing electoral boundaries
- partisanBiased toward one side
- boundariesLines marking separation
- districtsDefined administrative regions
manipulation · rigging · unfair · skewed · biased · carved · redrawn · advantage · incumbent · legislature
salamander
Tailed, moist-skinned amphibian
tentacles · bizarre · elongated · twisted · sprawling · jagged · convoluted · meandering · tortuous · squiggly
unconstitutional
Violating fundamental law
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- challengedDisputed or questioned
- courtsJudicial bodies or playing areas
remedies · invalidated · overturned · ruling · injunction · appeals · plaintiffs · voters · discrimination · Voting Rights Act
gerrymandersproportional representation
Seats allocated by vote share
- racial gerrymanderingManipulating boundaries by ethnicity
gerrymander, gerrymandering, gerrymanderer, gerrymandered, gerrymanderers