Gerrymandering

Drawing voting district lines to help one party win more seats.

In more detail

Every ten years, after the census, district lines are redrawn. Whoever draws them can pack or split voters to help one party, which is why some states have handed the job to independent commissions.

In a sentence

"Critics say gerrymandering let one party win most seats with fewer than half the votes."

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