(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.
(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.
“IMAGINE they allowed a blue state to stop an election in progress to redistrict.”
“What Georgia should remember is that this guy wants to throw out the vote you already cast so he can rig (redistrict) the sate in his favor.”
“I am encouraged by the fact that as Republicans redistrict madly to try to squeeze more GOP representatives out of the same # of voters, they will turn "definitely red" districts into "leans red" districts & end up losing them all. We must make sure that happens.👇🏻”
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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.
(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.
(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
I am encouraged by the fact that as Republicans redistrict madly to try to squeeze more GOP representatives out of the same # of voters, they will turn "definitely red" districts into "leans red" districts & end up lo…
“Red state democrats (and maybe all democrats) should change their voter registration to Independent. Then the GOP won't know how to redistrict democrats politically, and will again have to resort to racial redistricting, which is presumably still illegal.”
“This is the way... Redistrict/Gerrymander now...yes, but also start investing/building for every future election. open.substack.com/pub/santiago...”
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To adjust the borders of districts of a state or other governmental or administrative entity.
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