Gerrymandering refers to the:

a. tactic used by members of the Senate to prevent action on legislation they oppose by continuously holding the floor and speaking until the majority backs down.

b. investigations of the executive branch by members of Congress.

c. practice whereby legislators trade their support or opposition on one bill to get the support of another legislator on a different bill.

d. manipulation of electoral districts to serve the interests of a particular group.

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Darius Stevenson

22 April, 06:05

Gerrymandering refers to the:

a. tactic used by members of the Senate to prevent action on legislation they oppose by continuously holding the floor and speaking until the majority backs down.

b. investigations of the executive branch by members of Congress.

c. practice whereby legislators trade their support or opposition on one bill to get the support of another legislator on a different bill.

d. manipulation of electoral districts to serve the interests of a particular group.

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Alberto Adams · Answer 1

Gerrymandering is manipulation of electoral districts to serve the interest of particular group however gerrymandering could not be taken as positive connotation because this process follow two steps firstly Cracking which involves weakening of opposition support across many district and Packing involves diverging the opposition party support to only one district so that voting power in other district can be reduced.