The single-member-plurality electoral system has a tendency to gerrymander.

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Gerrymandering is a practice carried out by political groups to manipulate electoral district boundaries to favor one party, which is a separate issue from the inherent characteristics of the single-member-plurality (or first-past-the-post) electoral system. The tendency to gerrymander is not a direct consequence of the electoral system itself but rather a result of how political actors might exploit electoral district boundaries under any system.

The Single-Member-Plurality Electoral System Has a Tendency to Gerrymander