to divide an area into election districts to give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts as possible
This political cartoon from 1812 depicts the electoral districts redrawn to favor the incumbent candidates of Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry, from which the term was created.
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donnybrook, malarkey, and lollygagging are all good words sort of in the same vein as gerrymandering.
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