Gerrymander (Verb)
Meaning
Divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The politician was accused of gerrymandering the voting districts to ensure his party's continued hold on power.
- Critics argued that the new district maps had been gerrymandered to disenfranchise minority voters.
- To maintain control of the legislature, the ruling party gerrymandered several key districts along partisan lines.
- The state's most populous city had been gerrymandered into a series of small, fragmented districts that diluted the residents' voting power.
- By gerrymandering the voting districts, the politicians managed to secure their own seats despite massive public disapproval.