to change the borders of an area in order to increase the number of people within that area who will vote for a particular party or person:
Gerrymandate
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Where a political party proclaims a [mandate] after clearly losing an election, because by the use of [gerrymandering] they managed to retain control of the House of Representatives. When if anything near a reasonable redistricting system [would of] been in place, they would of easily of lost that control.
Gerrymandate meaning & definition 1 of Gerrymandate.
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