gerrymander
Example Sentences
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On Monday the Court stopped a racial gerrymander in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
For his part, Graves said he never believed his map was an illegal racial gerrymander, as Garcia’s lawsuit asserts.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Alabama can’t use its congressional map with only one majority Black district, reasoning it was likely a discriminatory racial gerrymander that runs afoul of the Voting Rights Act.
From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2023
The infamous discussion between three council members and a labor leader focused, after all, on how best to gerrymander the politicians’ districts to benefit them and their Latino allies and hurt their rival colleagues.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2022
The "gerrymander": what is it, and has it been used in your state?
From Community Civics and Rural Life by Dunn, Arthur William
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
