gerrymander

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These measures represent nothing less than “generational gerrymandering”: the naked attempt to dilute the voting power of marginalized communities and, especially, young people.

From Washington Post

Part — but only part — of what is happening on the state level now can be attributed to aggressive gerrymandering.

From Washington Post

Greenman listed gerrymandering, restrictions on ballot access and expulsions of duly elected legislators as examples of what red states are doing.

From Seattle Times

As Wasserman has repeatedly noted in recent months, gerrymandering has meant that most congressional districts are non-competitive, but an unpopular presidential candidate can definitely change that calculus.

From Salon

In deeply gerrymandered Tennessee, where political power is determined largely in the Republican primaries, it remained unclear whether there would be any long-term backlash for conservative lawmakers.

From New York Times