Definition of Gerrymander

to separate an entity like a region or state into political divisions so that one party has an unjust advantage

Examples of Gerrymander in a sentence

The politician hoped to gerrymander the western states so his party could control electoral regions.  🔊

By limiting the redesign of districts, state officials hope to prevent efforts to gerrymander.  🔊

The group that can gerrymander districts will have the opportunity to earn the most congressional seats.  🔊

During their chat, the political experts discussed how one party’s efforts to gerrymander could result in a victory for that faction.  🔊

The political party hoped to gerrymander by changing the geographical borders of the voting areas.  🔊

Since most districts have a Republican majority, the Democrats will find it hard to gerrymander the regions in a beneficial way.  🔊

The campaign’s biggest concern is that the opposition will gerrymander its way to an unfair number of voters.  🔊

When the governor tried to alter the district lines so his political party would win the elections, he was accused of trying to gerrymander votes.  🔊

The state politicians who are in office hope to gerrymander their districts to ensure they maintain their seats.  🔊

Since Republicans oversee a large number of states, they can easily gerrymander and have an advantage during elections.  🔊

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