"Cracking" occurs when
A) legislative districts are redrawn in a way that concentrates members of a particular party in as few districts as possible, thereby limiting the overall number of seats that party might win.
B) legislative districts are redrawn in a way that disperses members of a particular party across multiple districts, thereby reducing that party's chances of winning any seats.
C) a legislative candidate wins election with less than 50 percent of the vote in a three-candidate race.
D) a legislative district votes to elect a member of one party to serve in the House of Representatives but also elects a member of a different party to serve in the state legislature.
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A)legislative districts are redrawn in
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Q28: _ involves purposefully drawing district boundaries to
Q29: State legislative districts
A)are drawn to include a
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Q31: The original gerrymander is attributed to
A)Thomas Jefferson.
B)James
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