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"The term Gerrymander dates from the year 1811, when Elbridge Gerry was
Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election John H. Humphreys
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Of course such plans are part of the Labour Gerrymander which is a process by which all political arrangements are made with a view to ensuring that it is relatively easy for Labour to win power but much harder for the Conservative party.
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Of course such plans are part of the Labour Gerrymander which is a process by which all political arrangements are made with a view to ensuring that it is relatively easy for Labour to win power but much harder for the Conservative party.
Archive 2008-06-15 2008
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"Gerrymander" is used both as a verb meaning "to commit gerrymandering" as well as a noun describing the resulting electoral geography.
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The word "gerrymander" is named for the American politician Elbridge Gerry (July 17, 1744 November 23, 1814) [1], and is a portmanteau of his name and the word "salamander," which was used to describe the appearance of a tortuous electoral district Gerry created in order to disadvantage his electoral opponents.
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Striding Lion InterArts Workshop is looking for 2-D artists to create backdrops for its upcoming production of "Gerrymander," a spaghetti western about the 2003 Republican redistricting in Texas.
unknown title 2009
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Striding Lion InterArts Workshop is looking for 2-D artists to create backdrops for its upcoming production of "Gerrymander," a spaghetti western about the 2003 Republican redistricting in Texas.
unknown title 2009
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Lastly, clarinetist Campbell MacDonald gave a space-aged interpretation of Russell Pinkston's "Gerrymander," a work for clarinet and computer generated sounds (some rather funny).
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They tried to Gerrymander Lloydd Dogget out of the house, here in Texas by making a ribbon from Austin to Brownsville.
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The Labour Gerrymander, that conscious set of subversions of the electoral system designed to give the Labour Party, at the very least, an edge in elections, finds itself wriggling in the spotlight of the Council of Europe which has been taking a look at our system of postal voting.
Banana Republic News 2008
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