Summary of Gerrymandering: How drawing jagged lines can impact an election - Christina Greer

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Gerrymandering is a process in which districts are divided and redrawn to give one political party an advantage. This process began in 1812 with a bill signed by Elbridge Gerry in Massachusetts, and has continued throughout U.S. history. Today, gerrymandering is still used as a way to weaken an opponent's voting power.

• 00:00:00 Gerrymandering is the process of dividing up and redrawing districts to give one political party an advantage. This began with the 1812 Massachusetts bill signed by Elbridge Gerry, and has continued throughout U.S. history. Gerry wanted his party, the Democratic-Republican party, to gain as many state Senate seats as possible. The new lines were so strange looking that someone called them a salamander, and the process of packing and cracking districts to weaken an opponent's voting power is still used today.