0 to change the borders of an area in order to increase the number of people within that area who will vote for a particular party or person:
1 to divide an area into election districts (= areas that elect someone) in a way that gives an unfair advantage to one group or political party
The government dropped plans to gerrymander rural constituencies.
Lawmakers remain free to gerrymander to preserve their power.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that districts cannot be gerrymandered to benefit any racial group.
In contrast, if local boundaries are respected, levels of malapportionment increase, while gerrymandering becomes more difficult to accomplish.
The conclusion that the boundaries were not gerrymandered is also supported by an analysis of how the guidelines worked in actual practice.
The existing gerrymander created no districts in that range.
In addition, even if districts are equal in size, they can be gerrymandered to benefit a particular party or candidate.
A second set of variables tests the hypothesis that boundaries were gerrymandered in favor of certain incumbents.
