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gerrymander

[jer-i-man-der, ger-] / ˈdʒɛr ɪˌmæn dər, ˈgɛr- /
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to divide into election districts in a politically-motivated way
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Appeared in the May 8, 2026, print edition as 'Race and the Tennessee Gerrymander'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that in 2014, Common Cause organized the Gerrymander Meander relay race along the 3rd District’s outline.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2019

Several hundred runners were signed up to race, jog or walk along the Gerrymander 5K route which looked, on a map, as though a kid had got carried away with an Etch-A-Sketch.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2017

Thanks in part to Common Cause's Gerrymander Standard writing competition, scholars across the country are devising new ways to evaluate these plans.

From US News • Jul. 17, 2016

"Better say a Gerrymander," returned the editor, alluding to Elbridge Gerry, the Republican governor who had signed the districting act.

From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach



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