Gerrymandering Salamander, in Texas for sure! Look at the (2012 to current, democrats) Texas 35th congressional district! They created a real salamander shape.
ORIGIN
early 19th century: from the name of Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts + salamander, from the supposed similarity between a salamander and the shape of a new voting district on a map drawn when he was in office (1812).
Texas total 2020 Census population: 29,145,505. 29,145,505 ÷ 38 ≈ 767,000, the target size per district. 38 Congress men and women for Texas. One Congress person for each 770,000 Texas residents.
Maybe instead of gerrymandering in Texas, New York, Illinois, Florida, Connecticut, Nevada, California, Massachusetts and others for political advantage, perhaps just create a GRID with a law enforced mandatory nameable geometric STRAIGHT-SIDED shape. None of this weirdo stuff with intentions of manipulating the outcome of elections, like a salamander shape, that “you could hit a 3-wood golf shot across”.
It would be much prettier than what has been done previously in Texas and elsewhere, with intent to gain an advantage with bizarre shapes like this (2012 to current) Texas 35th congressional district.
gerrymandering l’jerē mand(a)riNG |
noun
the manipulation of an electoral constituency’s boundaries so as to favor one party or class: gerrymandering protects the party lines and keeps bad incumbents in power.
ORIGIN
early 19th century: from gerrymander + -ing’
ger•ry•man•der l ‘jeré,mandar |
verb [with object]
manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
• achieve (a result) by manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency: a total freedom to gerrymander the results they want.
noun
an instance of gerrymandering.
DERIVATIVES
gerrymanderer | ‘jerē,mand(a)rar | noun
ORIGIN
early 19th century: from the name of Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts + salamander, from the supposed similarity between a salamander and the shape of a new voting district on a map drawn when he was in office
(1812).
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