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Gerrymandering vs Malapportionment - What's the difference?

gerrymandering | malapportionment |

In politics terms the difference between gerrymandering and malapportionment

is that gerrymandering is the practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party while malapportionment is any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population (compare gerrymandering).

As a verb gerrymandering

is present participle of lang=en.

gerrymandering

English

(wikipedia gerrymandering)

Noun

(-)
  • (politics) The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.

    • Verb

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    • English eponyms

    malapportionment

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (politics) Any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population (compare gerrymandering).