4.6 Flashcards
A count of the population, every ten years
Census
Dispersing a group into several districts to prevent majority
Cracking
Spatial thinking techniques and tools to analyze elections and voting patterns
Electoral Geography
People of a country who are eligible to vote
Electorate
The drawing of boundaries for political districts by the party in power to protect of increase its power
Gerrymandering
Redrawing two districts to force two representatives of the same party to run against each other
Hijacking
Used to divide countries into smaller units
Ex. States, countries, cities, districts
Internal Boundaries
Moving an area where a representative has support to an area where they do not have support
Kidnapping
Combining like-minded voters into one district to prevent them from affecting elections in other districts
Packing
Changing the number of representatives granted to each state so it reflects the state’s population
Reapportionment
Redrawing district boundaries so that each district contains roughly the same amount of people
Redistricting
Diluting a minority-populated district with majority populations
Stacking
The division of a country’s electorate into subnational regions
Voting Districts
