Question

Which scenario best illustrates the impact of gerrymandering

Answer 1

Explanation:

Once a decade, every state redraws its electoral districts, determining which people will be represented by each politician. In many states, this means that politicians gather behind computer screens to figure out how they can manipulate the lines to box out their competition and maximize the power of their political party. While an increasing number of states employ independent commissions to draw district lines, the large majority still lack safeguards to prevent partisan favoritism in the redistricting process—also known as impact of gerrymandering.

Answer 2

The best scenario that illustrates the impact of gerrymandering is when the party in charge of the state legislature creates the borders of the districts in a way that will support its own candidates in future elections.

Definition of gerrymandering:

• The practice of redistricting a congressional district to favor one political party's voters over another.
• In simple, When a political group seeks to redraw a voting district to benefit itself or harm a rival group, it is said to be gerrymandering.

Effects of gerrymandering:

• Defends the incumbent and deters challengers.
• Consequence bolsters the majority party while undermining the opposition party.
• Additionally, gerrymandering throws off the balance of political equality since it gives the minority in a particular geographic area an unfair advantage over the voting bloc that represents the majority.
• According to the idea of political equality, every person's vote should be equally significant.
• This is unjust because it gives some voters less sway than others, skews the vote in one direction, prolongs the tenure of the incumbent, and increases the likelihood that members of the incumbent's party will win office in subsequent elections.

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