Thesaurus results for GERRYMANDER

gerrymander

verb

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 Yes, but: The Ohio Supreme Court repeatedly ruled in 2022 that the commission's maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans. —

Sam Allard, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024 The 2nd District became the center of a long-running legal battle after a federal court ruled the state had illegally gerrymandered the district to weaken the power of Black voters, who make up roughly a quarter of the state’s population. —

Brandon Conradis, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024 While North Carolina’s state legislature aggressively gerrymandered their new map in favor of Republicans, New York’s state legislature left their lines mostly unchanged, making tweaks that only minorly benefit Democrats. —

Cooper Burton, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024 The Ohio Supreme Court repeatedly ruled in 2022 its redrawn maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans. —

Sam Allard, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gerrymander

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The 18-episode season made Laura’s death feel almost world-historic, peeling back the layers to reveal a grand, mythological evil manipulating events into shape.

— K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
The content is manipulated to appeal to potential lone-wolf recruits in the U.S. to start retribution against Israel's supporters in the U.S., particularly the Jewish community.

— Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025