Gerrymandering

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Political process
Electoral manipulation
gptkbp:addressedTo gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
Independent redistricting commissions
State constitutional amendments
gptkbp:book gptkb:Gerrymandering_in_America:_The_House_of_Representatives,_the_Supreme_Court,_and_the_Future_of_Popular_Sovereignty
gptkb:Ratf**ked:_The_True_Story_Behind_the_Secret_Plan_to_Steal_America's_Democracy
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticizedFor Diluting minority votes
Promoting partisanship
Undermining democracy
gptkbp:defines Manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor a particular party or group
gptkbp:documentary gptkb:Slay_the_Dragon
gptkbp:effect Can disenfranchise voters
Distorts representation
Reduces electoral competitiveness
gptkbp:etymology Named after Elbridge Gerry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gerrymandering
gptkbp:introducedIn 1812
gptkbp:measures Efficiency gap
Mean-median difference
Partisan bias
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:BBC_News
gptkb:CNN
gptkb:NPR
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_Washington_Post
gptkbp:method Packing
Cracking
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Shaw_v._Reno
gptkb:Baker_v._Carr
gptkb:Rucho_v._Common_Cause
gptkbp:opposedBy Proportional representation
Electoral reform advocates
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Legislatures
Courts
Independent commissions
gptkbp:relatedTo Redistricting
Electoral systems
gptkbp:studiedBy Mathematicians
Legal scholars
Political scientists
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:India
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:visualizes District maps
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Electoral_Engineering
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6