Explain gerrymandering and the limits of its effects on Congressional elections.
What will be an ideal response?
Gerrymandering is the process of drawing district lines to benefit one party at the expense of another. For example, a district might be packed with Democrats to make it easy for Democrats to win it. There are, however, competing pressures. Districts have to be approximately equally sized and follow natural political boundaries, and they usually have to be contiguous. This makes gerrymandering hard to do. Particularly perspicacious students might also note that the lines are redrawn every decade to account for population shifts, indicating that a gerrymandered district may not stay gerrymandered for long.
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