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partisan gerrymandering: a standalone construct

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partisangerrymandering1 CONSTRUCTPartisan gerrymanderingFRIEDMAN · POLITICAL SCIENCE

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drawing district lines to maximize one party's seats by concentrating or splitting the other party's voters.

In political science, partisan gerrymandering refers to drawing district lines to maximize one party's seats by concentrating or splitting the other party's voters. This meaning comes from Friedman (2008) in American Economic Review.[1]

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  1. Friedman, J. N., & Holden, R. T. (2008). Optimal Gerrymandering: Sometimes Pack, But Never Crack. American Economic Review, 98(1), 113-144. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.98.1.113

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