districting

Meaning

of District

Synonyms

Examples

Hart, p. 3:458 Although Gerry was unhappy about the highly partisan districting (according to his son-in-law, he thought it "highly disagreeable"), he signed the legislation. Source: Internet

In subsequent years, Congress expanded on the requirements, successively adding contiguity, compactness, and substantial equality of population to the districting requirements. Source: Internet

D. Ill. 1991) (court selected districting plan where 18 of 20 districts contained 571,530 people and the other two had 571,531). Source: Internet

Use of databases and computer technology seeAlso The introduction of modern computers alongside the development of elaborate voter databases and special districting software has made gerrymandering a far more precise science. Source: Internet

When the party controlling the districting process has a statewide majority, packing is usually not necessary to attain partisan advantage; the minority party can generally be "cracked" everywhere. Source: Internet