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- Title: Does Redistricting Make a Difference?
- Author : Mark E. Rush
- Release Date : January 26, 2000
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 8537 KB
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In 1812 the Jeffersonian-dominated Massachusetts legislature, with the approval of Governor Elbridge Gerry, split Essex County in an effort to dilute the strength of the Federalists. Noting the resemblance of the new, oddly shaped district to a well-known amphibian, a local newspaper dubbed the creation a "gerrymander." Less well known about this oft-recounted episode of American history, writes political scientist Mark Rush, is its outcome: in the ensuing election, the Federalists won the district anyway.