1. gerrymander - Noun
2. gerrymander - Verb
To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFederalist newspaper editors and others at the time likened the district shape to a salamander, and the word gerrymander was a blend of that word and Governor Gerry's last name. Source: Internet
Buel, pp. 116–17 Formisano, p. 74 The word gerrymander (originally written Gerry-mander) was used for the first time in the Boston Gazette newspaper on March 26, 1812. Source: Internet
Colm Gildernew on the history of gerrymander judecollins. Source: Internet
At most it gives them one presidential election and has the potential for all kinds of blowback in statewide races that they can’t gerrymander. Source: Internet
For example, California’s Republican gerrymander map also fits our criteria for a proportionally partisan map, so they are the same. Source: Internet
The result was described by the journalist and historian Tim Pat Coogan as "a blatant attempt at gerrymander which no Six County Unionist could have bettered." Source: Internet