Monthly Archives: March 2018

Gerrymandering, but it’s OK because we mean well

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1556785-n.s.-introduces-law-to-improve-election-chances-for-acadian-black-candidates [jer-i-man-der, ger-]  (from Dictionary.com) noun U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into electiondistricts so as to give one poli tical party a majority in many districtswhile concentrating the voting strength of the othe r party into as fewdistricts as possible. verb (used with object) U.S. Politics. to subject (a state, county, etc.) to a gerrymander. I wonder what people would say if there was a conservative government in power, and they were changing election boundaries to increase the chances of their own candidates getting elected?  … Continue reading

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