What term describes the deliberate drawing of district boundaries to advantage a particular political party?

What term describes the deliberate drawing of district boundaries to advantage a particular political party?

• A. Redistricting
• B. Malapportionment
• C. Gerrymandering
• D. Reapportionment

Answer: (C)

Deliberately drawing district boundaries to advantage a particular political party is gerrymandering. The aim is to tilt elections in favor of one party by manipulating maps, often through tactics like packing opposition voters into a few districts or cracking them across many districts to dilute their influence. The name comes from an early 19th-century example where a district shaped like a salamander gave one party an advantage. Redistricting is simply the neutral process of redraw­ing district lines after population changes; malapportionment refers to unequal populations across districts, which can undermine equal representation; reapportionment is the redistribution of seats among states after a census.

Deliberately drawing district boundaries to advantage a particular political party is gerrymandering. The aim is to tilt elections in favor of one party by manipulating maps, often through tactics like packing opposition voters into a few districts or cracking them across many districts to dilute their influence. The name comes from an early 19th-century example where a district shaped like a salamander gave one party an advantage. Redistricting is simply the neutral process of redraw­ing district lines after population changes; malapportionment refers to unequal populations across districts, which can undermine equal representation; reapportionment is the redistribution of seats among states after a census.