How to Use gerrymandering in a Sentence

gerrymandering

noun
  • That cut both ways in the gerrymandering wars.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Whether the mid-decade gerrymandering will work is an open question.
    — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Everything that was there to guard against this type of gerrymandering is destroyed.
    — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • The net effect of all the gerrymandering won't be fully known until elections are held.
    — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Clearly, this is not a vote to support or repeal gerrymandering.
    — Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats are fast losing the gerrymandering wars.
    — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 13 May 2026
  • So how significant, how big a deal is this gerrymandering?
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
  • Partisan gerrymandering will become the supreme law of the land.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • And one of the major provisions of the bill was no more partisan gerrymandering.
    — Kevin Townsend, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
  • This gerrymandering war and what the Supreme Court has done could end up protecting some of his—and a lot of his—power.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
  • If the Constitution is truly the law of the land, the gerrymandering must stop.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • That is why critics of gerrymandering are right to regard it as antidemocratic.
    — Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • New York state law prohibits partisan gerrymandering and mid-decade changes except in the case of court orders.
    — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • New York also promised to respond to the gerrymandering efforts.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Laimins spoke directly about the main problem with gerrymandering.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The court’s ruling wasn’t about partisan gerrymandering, per se.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • Plus, Democrats had been decrying gerrymandering for years.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Speaking of which… How might the gerrymandering gamesmanship between the parties play out in the fall?
    — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The term gerrymandering is used, with some pejoration, to imply a partisan aim.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 1 May 2026
  • Strickland, who did not want his first name used while talking about politics, said the whole gerrymandering war made a strong case for term limits in Congress.
    — Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
  • That, too, seemed a long-term, safe district, until the nationwide gerrymandering dominoes began to tumble this year.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The County figured out another way to defend itself against the claim of racial gerrymandering.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The gerrymandering moved the 47th south to include more of Irvine, a liberal college town.
    — John Seiler, Oc Register, 25 June 2026
  • The incumbent Democrats had parts of their Houston-area districts merged as a result of last year's gerrymandering.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • Be vocal and clear that politicians who support gerrymandering are not supporting democracy and should find other work.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • But isn't your party, from the president on down, with this gerrymandering push, locking in the changes, that will only feed into that more extreme part of the party?
    — CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • The debate over racial gerrymandering also comes as the future of the Voting Rights Act could be in peril.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In other words, gerrymandering is a potent method for political parties to gain or maintain control.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Both parties take part in gerrymandering -- drawing up state congressional maps for partisan gain.
    — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The current push, known as gerrymandering, is aimed at gaining partisan advantage.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025

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