(transitive, pejorative) To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
Morning Gerrymander - What happened today in the South’s rush to gerrymander and crush Black political power. newsletters.democracydocket.com/42000-people...
trying to understand if this is Good for us or Bad for us.. it does seem he has so much sway over the cancerous hordes?? and materially that the Rs know they need to gerrymander everything. @merovingians.bsky.social @…
(transitive, pejorative) To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
[Will] O’Neill isn’t necessarily wrong. Democrats readily concede that they are betraying principles of good governance in trying to gerrymander California.
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To adjust the borders of districts of a state or other governmental or administrative entity.
(US, politics) To redraw the borders of the districts represented by legislators or other elected officeholders in accord with changes in population as shown in the decennial census.
(informal) The act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition.
So in Michigan if John James, Devos's puppet, gets governor, Michigan can count on him to gerrymander the state more than it is? I find it amazing how 1 district is a 2 mile block in middle michigan, a 3 mile area on…
“hmm hear me out packing the Supreme Court is a kind of gerrymander, yeah?”
“Orange Bastard can gerrymander all he wants. You still have to have the votes to win. Cut those districts too close and it will be a Blue Avalanche in November 2026.”
“If, instead of using jargon like "gerrymander" or "filibuster", people talked about how politics work, I think people would be a lot angrier about how politics work.”
“NEWS: Trump Suggests Cancelling Elections to Gerrymander, Major Epstein News, Gas Soars, Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship, and more open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...”
“tRump can’t stop admitting it: his “election reforms” are straight-up rigging 2026 midterms for Republicans. Gerrymander maps for 20+ House seats. Kill mail ballots. “We’ll never lose a race—for 50 years!” He’s saying the quiet part out loud. mcsp.short.gy/HOOA”
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(transitive, pejorative, by extension) To change the franchise or voting system in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
Gerrymander means: To change the franchise or voting system in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
gerrymander means: To change the franchise or voting system in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“Morning Gerrymander - What happened today in the South’s rush to gerrymander and crush Black political power. newsletters.democracydocket.com/42000-people...”
“trying to understand if this is Good for us or Bad for us.. it does seem he has so much sway over the cancerous hordes?? and materially that the Rs know they need to gerrymander everything. @merovingians.bsky.social @clearlyashley.bsky.social help me make sense of this”
“So in Michigan if John James, Devos's puppet, gets governor, Michigan can count on him to gerrymander the state more than it is? I find it amazing how 1 district is a 2 mile block in middle michigan, a 3 mile area on the lower east and huge chuck in upper michigan.”
“Bit of a mixed bag for seven Indiana State Reps who opposed Trump's plan to gerrymander the State's District map as five of the seven got primaried. apnews.com/article/prim...”
“It'll be too late to gerrymander, right? [Wait, the incumbents will still be in office for the rest of the year, won't they?]”
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(transitive, pejorative, by extension) To draw dividing lines for other types of districts in an unintuitive way to favor a particular group or for other perceived gain.
The superintendent helped gerrymander the school district lines in order to keep the children of the wealthy gated community in the better school all the way across town.
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