Gerrymandering vs. Malapportionment

(politics) The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.

Gerrymandering ( or ) is a practice intended to establish an arguably unfair political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating the boundaries of electoral districts, which is most commonly used in first-past-the-post electoral systems. Two principal tactics are used in gerrymandering: (i.e.

Example: ‘cracking’;

(politics) Any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population (compare gerrymandering).