gerrymander

• Sustantivo que designa la manipulación de los límites de los distritos electorales para otorgar una ventaja injusta a un partido político.

A noun referring to the act of manipulating electoral district boundaries to give one political party an unfair advantage.

1. Manipulated electoral districtC1formalpolitical

   An act of dividing a voting area in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage.

   Gerrymandering

   • The new district map was a clear gerrymander to benefit the ruling party.
   • Critics accused the government of creating a gerrymander to suppress opposition votes.
   • The court ruled that the gerrymander violated the constitution.

• Verbo utilizado para manipular los límites de los distritos electorales en beneficio de un partido político o grupo, alterando la distribución del voto de manera arbitraria.

A verb used to manipulate electoral district boundaries to favor one political party or group.

1. Manipulate electoral boundariesC1formalpolitical

   To manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party or class.

   Manipular los límites electorales

   • The ruling party was accused of gerrymandering the district to win more seats.
   • Critics argue that the new map is a clear attempt to gerrymander the state.
   • The court ruled that the legislature had illegally gerrymandered the voting districts.

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