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gerrymander
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
ger·ry·man·der ˈjer-ē-ˌman-dər 
also ˈger-;
originally
ˈger- 2
: a district or pattern of districts varying greatly in size or population as a result of gerrymandering
gerrymandered; gerrymandering; gerrymanders
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
Example Sentences
Verb gerrymandering urban districts to give rural voters a majority
Recent Examples on the Web
Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022 The case began when Republican state legislators in North Carolina enacted an extreme partisan gerrymander that the state supreme court struck down as unlawful. Joshua A. Douglas, CNN, 7 July 2022 Partisan gerrymandering would essentially be legal, and a racial gerrymander would be the only way to lodge a challenge. New York Times, 30 June 2022 Federal courts will strike down a gerrymander intended to dilute the votes of racial minorities. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 On the surface, the case centers on North Carolina's recently redrawn congressional districts – a map that state’s top court ruled this year was a partisan gerrymander that violated the state constitution. John Fritze, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022 Weeks later in Florida, where voters approved a ban on partisan maps in 2010, the state Supreme Court, comprising seven Republican justices, declined to stop the implementation of a gerrymander of the state’s 28 congressional districts. Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2022 The case that will go before the high court originates with North Carolina Republicans, who are appealing a state supreme court ruling that struck down the state’s new congressional map as an unconstitutional gerrymander. Colby Itkowitz And Isaac Stanley-becker, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2022 The question arose again this March in an emergency application from Republicans in North Carolina who wanted to restore a voting map drawn by the State Legislature and rejected as a partisan gerrymander by the State Supreme Court. Adam Liptak, New York Times, 6 June 2022 Nicholas Riccardi, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022 The state’s Democrats made an over-the-top try earlier this year to gerrymander the state’s political map to all but obliterate New York’s Republican congressional delegation. Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 Critics warn that interpretation of the Constitution would radically alter federal elections, allowing state lawmakers to pass voter suppression measures or gerrymander political maps without checks or balances from state courts or governors. Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2022 The JXN Project has also developed an extensive website, built a robust lecture program and researched deeply into the origins and history of Jackson Ward, created in 1871 to gerrymander and nullify the voting power of Black residents. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 19 July 2022 So where Republican efforts to gerrymander districts in their favor have largely succeeded in red states, the Democratic attempt to play hardball in New York just resulted in the ball flying back and smacking them in the face. Grace Segers, The New Republic, 23 May 2022 In the 1970s and 1980s, Democrats used their control over state legislatures to gerrymander their way to persistent House majorities. David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022 Although Missouri has large Republican majorities in both legislative chambers, a conservative coalition has split with GOP leaders over how aggressively to gerrymander district lines to their favor. Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2022 This seems clear enough: Don’t racially gerrymander. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022 See More
Noun
In March, the court cited an approaching primary election in refusing to block a North Carolina Supreme Court order undoing a Republican gerrymander of that state’s congressional map. Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022 The case began when Republican state legislators in North Carolina enacted an extreme partisan gerrymander that the state supreme court struck down as unlawful. Joshua A. Douglas, CNN, 7 July 2022 Partisan gerrymandering would essentially be legal, and a racial gerrymander would be the only way to lodge a challenge. New York Times, 30 June 2022 Federal courts will strike down a gerrymander intended to dilute the votes of racial minorities. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 On the surface, the case centers on North Carolina's recently redrawn congressional districts – a map that state’s top court ruled this year was a partisan gerrymander that violated the state constitution. John Fritze, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022 Weeks later in Florida, where voters approved a ban on partisan maps in 2010, the state Supreme Court, comprising seven Republican justices, declined to stop the implementation of a gerrymander of the state’s 28 congressional districts. Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2022 The case that will go before the high court originates with North Carolina Republicans, who are appealing a state supreme court ruling that struck down the state’s new congressional map as an unconstitutional gerrymander. Colby Itkowitz And Isaac Stanley-becker, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2022 The question arose again this March in an emergency application from Republicans in North Carolina who wanted to restore a voting map drawn by the State Legislature and rejected as a partisan gerrymander by the State Supreme Court. Adam Liptak, New York Times, 6 June 2022 Verb
Nationally, both parties tried to gerrymander during the past redistricting cycle, but Democrats were reined in slightly more than Republicans — largely due to Florida and New York. Nicholas Riccardi, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022 The state’s Democrats made an over-the-top try earlier this year to gerrymander the state’s political map to all but obliterate New York’s Republican congressional delegation. Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 Critics warn that interpretation of the Constitution would radically alter federal elections, allowing state lawmakers to pass voter suppression measures or gerrymander political maps without checks or balances from state courts or governors. Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2022 The JXN Project has also developed an extensive website, built a robust lecture program and researched deeply into the origins and history of Jackson Ward, created in 1871 to gerrymander and nullify the voting power of Black residents. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 19 July 2022 So where Republican efforts to gerrymander districts in their favor have largely succeeded in red states, the Democratic attempt to play hardball in New York just resulted in the ball flying back and smacking them in the face. Grace Segers, The New Republic, 23 May 2022 In the 1970s and 1980s, Democrats used their control over state legislatures to gerrymander their way to persistent House majorities. David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022 Although Missouri has large Republican majorities in both legislative chambers, a conservative coalition has split with GOP leaders over how aggressively to gerrymander district lines to their favor. Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2022 This seems clear enough: Don’t racially gerrymander. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Elbridge gerry + salamander; from the shape of an election district formed during Gerry's governorship of Massachusetts
Verb
derivative of gerrrymander entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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