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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
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.
Those maps were egregious examples of gerrymandering — the practice of manipulating the borders of congressional and state districts to benefit one party at the expense of the other. The ...
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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 ...
“Let’s just use my race as an example: I won one race by 1 per cent and another one by 3 per cent [but] the Republicans had a supermajority in the Senate and a huge majority in the assembly.”
Multiple rebellions and closely related events have occurred in the United States, beginning from the colonial era up to present day. Events that are not commonly named strictly a rebellion (or using synonymous terms such as "revolt" or "uprising"), but have been noted by some as equivalent or very similar to a rebellion (such as an insurrection), or at least as having a few important elements ...
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 ...