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The practice of gerrymandering the borders of new states continued past the Civil War and into the late 19th century. The Republican Party used its control of Congress to secure the admission of more states in territories friendly to their party. A notable example is the admission of Dakota Territory as two states instead of one.
In representative electoral systems, gerrymandering (/ ˈ dʒ ɛr i m æ n d ər ɪ ŋ / JERR-ee-man-dər-ing, originally / ˈ ɡ ɛr i m æ n d ər ɪ ŋ / GHERR-ee-man-dər-ing) [1] [2] is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.
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Ohioans don't like gerrymandering, which is why both sides of the Issue 1 debate say they have a solution for it.
A party-list system is a type of electoral system that formally involves political parties in the electoral process, usually to facilitate multi-winner elections.In party-list systems, parties put forward a list of candidates, the party-list who stand for election on one ticket.
Gerrymandering is a practice almost as old as the country, in which politicians draw district lines to “crack” opposing voters among several districts or “pack” them in a single one to ...
During his second term, the legislature approved new state senate districts that led to the coining of the word "gerrymander"; he lost the next election, although the state senate remained Democratic-Republican. Gerry was nominated by the Democratic-Republican party and elected as vice president in the 1812 election. Advanced in age and in poor ...
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