Some things barely change over time and both political parties resort to it!
However, is one of the two parties worse than the other one when it comes to Gerrymandering? My hunch is that the Dimocratic Party is worse than the GOP!
"... The term, originally written as “Gerry-mander,” first was used on March 26, 1812, in the Boston Gazette — a reaction to the redrawing of Massachusetts state senate election districts under Governor Elbridge Gerry.
Though the redistricting was done at the behest of his Democratic-Republican Party, it was Gerry who signed the bill in 1812. As a result, he received the dubious honor of attribution, along with its negative connotations. ..."
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