As it is appearing with greater frequency, the commonly used
term “gerrymandering” is an unusual practice indigenous but not
exclusive to these United States. The odd practice of drawing
voting districts in a random shape for a particular party’s
advantage is named after Elbridge Gerry, a Massachusetts
Governor and the fifth Vice President of the USA under President
James Madison. He redrew his own district in the shape of a
salamander, so in 1812, the idea of gerrymandering was born.
This is a legal way of redistricting which is used by both
political parties in our country. Unfortunately, in most
Republican implementations of gerrymandering, the motives are
insidiously racist. No representative historically is unwilling
to abdicate power, so the Republicans have gerrymandered their
districts to maintain sovereignty over a changing demographic
that should technically deem them unelectable. With
Machiavellian strategizing, the GOP has continued to maintain
control of the House of Representatives which is cert