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Voting vs Gerrymander - What's the difference?

voting | gerrymander |

As verbs the difference between voting and gerrymander

is that voting is while gerrymander is (pejorative) to divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.

As nouns the difference between voting and gerrymander

is that voting is action of the verb to vote while gerrymander is (pejorative) the act of gerrymandering.

As a adjective voting

is (finance) having an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business.

voting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (finance) Having an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business.
  • * The cumulative voting''' preferred stock remains '''voting until all cumulative dividends are paid.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to vote
  • * (William Cobbett)
    • We have said all this: all this we say, and will continue to say; and we have talked, too, and shall talk, about the divers most curious votings and enactings of this House

    Derived terms

    *cumulative voting *preferential voting *voting booth *voting machine *voting paper *voting slip *voting station *voting stock

    See also

    *(wikipedia "voting")

    gerrymander

    English

    Verb

    (en verb) (gerrymandering)
  • (pejorative) To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
  • (transitive, pejorative, by extension) To draw dividing lines for other types of districts in an unintuitive way to favor a particular group or for other perceived gain.
    • The superintendent helped gerrymander the school district lines in order to keep the children of the wealthy gated community in the better school all the way across town.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative) The act of gerrymandering.
    • By this iniquitous practice, which is known as the gerrymander , the party in a minority in each State is allowed to get only about one-half or one-quarter of its proper share of representation.
  • (pejorative) A voting district skewed by gerrymandering.
    • Any citizen looking at a map of district 12 could immediately tell that it was a gerrymander because of the ridiculous way it cut across 4 counties while carving up neighborhoods in half.

    Derived terms

    * gerrymandering English eponyms