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Gerrymandering is a term that refers to to purposeful rearranging of district lines in order to influence the outcome of an election or to favor one political party over another.

'''Gerrymandering''' is a term that refers to to purposeful rearranging of district lines in order to influence the outcome of an election or to favor one political party over another. The first instance of  gerrymandering in the [[United States]] occurred during  the 1800 presidential election between [[John Adams]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]]. The result of the rearranging of districts help Jefferson win the extremely close presidential race.