as in to manipulate
to divide (a state, school district, etc.) into political units that give one group an unfair advantage
gerrymandering urban districts to give rural voters a majority
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Recent Examples of gerrymander
Even McKinley, who earlier had been gerrymandered into victory, lost his seat.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
That year, state lawmakers had a once-in-a-decade chance to redraw the state’s political maps, and botched it: the State Supreme Court decided that the map Democrats wanted was unconstitutionally gerrymandered, and ordered a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University to produce a fairer one.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
States have tried to end gerrymandering with mixed success, the Brennan Center found.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
The intrigue: Deep-red Utah has few competitive races, especially with district maps that are widely viewed as gerrymandered to split the few Democratic strongholds that exist in the state.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
That year, state lawmakers had a once-in-a-decade chance to redraw the state’s political maps, and botched it: the State Supreme Court decided that the map Democrats wanted was unconstitutionally gerrymandered, and ordered a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University to produce a fairer one.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
States have tried to end gerrymandering with mixed success, the Brennan Center found.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
The intrigue: Deep-red Utah has few competitive races, especially with district maps that are widely viewed as gerrymandered to split the few Democratic strongholds that exist in the state.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
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But all of that changed starting in 2017, when Mr. Trump became president amid the F.B.I. investigation into Russia’s covert attempt to manipulate the 2016 election and the nature of the ties between his campaign and Moscow.Charlie Savage, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Symbolic capitalists—academics, commentators, lawyers, consultants—manipulate words or data rather than making things with their hands.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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The exhibition also gives visitors a chance to arrange their own bento box with the replica treats.Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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With no viable means of leaving the base, Moscow requested that the base's command arrange an immediate evacuation to Russia.David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Forum helps match clients with tutors who fit their needs, handles payments, negotiates rates for each tutor and markets them.Emma Whitford, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of Amazon workers at the company's first-ever unionized warehouse voted to authorize a strike on Friday, claiming the tech giant has refused to recognize the union and negotiate a contract at the New York City facility.Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch plots to steal Christmas away from the holiday-loving Whos. Details: 7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St., Downtown.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
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In the series, the heist occurs over a few hours, as the thieves schemed to replace the barrels with lake water.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Rakowski’s immediate reward for his efforts was getting to watch the last 10 and a half minutes from the sideline as his backup, Knox Kiffin, engineered two more scoring drives, ending on runs of five yards by Christian Reis and 72 yards by Soren Hong.Los Angeles Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this year in April, Yoshida engineered the repurchase of the U.S. brand’s assets.Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Gerrymander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gerrymander. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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