The term gerrymander comes from a political cartoon. From Wordnik.com. [Comic Book Legends Revealed History | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
Within no time, the word gerrymander had become a verb, meaning, "to shape a district to gain political advantage.". From Wordnik.com. [Evening News and Tribune Homepage] Reference
The police power has often been misused for such purposes; the gerrymander is another clever method of manipulating the results of elections. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
It's almost like a gerrymander, which is a way of carefully defining different media niches that didn't exist as readily even just one or two presidential cycles ago. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2004] Reference
The word "gerrymander" has found its way into English journalism. From Wordnik.com. [Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election] Reference
DP local government spokesman Ian Davidson reportedly accused the ANC of a "crude attempt" to try and "gerrymander". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The Labour leadership contender suggested that the idea was being proposed "in a partisan way" as part of an attempt to "gerrymander" the constitution. From Wordnik.com. [Politics live blog – Monday 5 July 2010] Reference
African National Congress plot to register thousands of phantom voters in KwaZulu-Natal in order to "gerrymander" a favourable local government election result. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The paper called it a "gerrymander," and the name stuck. From Wordnik.com. [The American Prospect Articles] Reference
For details on how US Representatives are chosen, see "gerrymander" (varies in each state after each Census). From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Mr. Stainbrook also said that Democrats will "gerrymander" the districts to keep Republicans from winning seats. From Wordnik.com. Reference
However this may be, it is certain that the name "gerrymander" was applied to the odious law in the columns of the. From Wordnik.com. [A School History of the United States] Reference
President from the baneful influence of the "gerrymander," the practice of all the States was brought into harmony. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address] Reference
But he said the party would oppose the legislation because of the "outrageously partisan" boundary changes designed to "gerrymander" constituencies. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
"gerrymander," the practice of all the States was brought into harmony. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
"gerrymander" districts, putting all pockets of support together to help loyal legislators and carving up the districts of legislators who challenged leadership. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
Washington we see everywhere also drew the first gerrymander. From Wordnik.com. [America In So Many Words] Reference
"We gerrymander it just like the machine did, but in our favor.". From Wordnik.com. [The Empress File]
If only Robert Mugabe found it this easy to gerrymander elections!. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The gerrymander is nothing more or less than a fraudulent practice. From Wordnik.com. [Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election] Reference
And no matter how great the thing is, I have to gerrymander something. From Wordnik.com. [Ray Hanania: Never Too Early in the Spring to Play with the Barbeque Grill] Reference
I think most people say gerrymander (pronounced with soft G), but his name was. From Wordnik.com. [America In So Many Words] Reference
Consequently, every apportionment Act involves more or less of the gerrymander. From Wordnik.com. [Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election] Reference
And the same geographic gerrymander and same wall of money in the last two weeks. From Wordnik.com. [Just in Case November 7 Doesn't Turn Things Around] Reference
I think it's a good example of the kind of weird drawn district that's a gerrymander. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Jack Hawke, June 7, 1990. Interview C-0087. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
The measure was met with the cry of "gerrymander!" and its disappearance with the fall of the. From Wordnik.com. [Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election] Reference
This president is grabbing hold of 2010 census report so he can gerrymander districts in 2012. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
But from the point of view of the political class, the whole point of redistricting is to gerrymander!. From Wordnik.com. [Gerrymandering Is the Whole Point] Reference
The senate is more represenative of the people than the house, because you obviously can't gerrymander the senate. From Wordnik.com. [Issa Funding GOP's California Electoral Vote Initiative] Reference
Tilden régime routed, 383; denounces Rep. gerrymander, 397-8; removes Kelly's henchman, 418; accepted as declaration of war, 418. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
“We reject the statewide challenge to Texas redistricting as an unconstitutional political gerrymander,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Court mostly upholds DeLay’s partisan redistricting.] Reference
I can't help thinking that maybe the real goal of the Vile Offspring was to simply gerrymander us into not diverting resources away from them. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
So why do they ignore culprits hidden in plain sight -- i.e., the gerrymander, the legal bribes of big political contributions, Senate "holds" and the filibuster?. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Green: How Does a Bill Become a Law? Scandals Required.] Reference
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