Define gerrymandering and discuss its use in congressional redistricting.
What will be an ideal response?
Gerrymandering, named after 19th-century Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry, is the practice of drawing legislative district boundaries to benefit an incumbent, political party, or some other group. Most forms of gerrymandering are legal, and since 1990, only once has gerrymandering been successfully challenged. Today it is widely used in congressional redistricting.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following two schools share the conviction that people are rational and are motivated largely by self-interest?
a. Realist and liberal c. Constructivist and radical b. Realist and radical d. Liberal and neorealist
The _____ was passed in 1965 to prohibit state and local governments, particularly in the South, from interfering with the elective privileges of African Americans.
A. Voting Rights Act B. National Voter Registration Act C. Help America Vote Act D. Congressional Act E. Civil Rights Act
A. an unusual ability to work together. B. that they are adamantly opposed. C. an ability to ignore each other. D. that their interests are too disparate to work together
A. an unusual ability to work together. B. that they are adamantly opposed. C. an ability to ignore each other. D. that their interests are too disparate to work together.