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Original - Original cartoon of "The Gerry-Mander", this is the political cartoon that led to the coining of the term Gerrymander.The district depicted in the cartoon was created by Massachusetts legislature to favor the incumbent Democratic-Republican party candidates of Governor Elbridge Gerry over the Federalists in 1812.
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
Gerrymandering has been rather common in Greek history since organized parties with national ballots only appeared after the 1926 Constitution. [ clarification needed ] The only case before that was the creation of the Piraeus electoral district in 1906, in order to give the Theotokis party a safe district.
The old gerrymandering had a very bad stench and is still practiced in many states including Texas, columnist George Skelton writes. Column: Gerrymandering still exists in California. But reforms ...
New York's highest court last week gave Democrats a chance to redraw the state's congressional districts, a major victory as the party tries to win control of the U.S. House next year. Now the ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Gerrymandering in the United States" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Americans’ reckoning with their own democracy extends beyond the looming presidential election to a much more local level.