5 types of gerrymandering

What is Gerrymandering: Packing

• Dispersing a group into several districts to prevent a majority

• Combining like-minded voters into one district to

  prevent them from affecting elections in other districts

• Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have support

• Redrawing two districts to force two elected representatives of the same party to run against each other

What is gerrymandering: Hijacking

• Diluting a minority populated district with majority populations

• Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have support

• Redrawing two districts to force two elected representatives of the same party to run against each other

• Combining like-minded voters into one district to

  prevent them from affecting elections in other districts

Diluting a minority populated district with majority populations

• Stacking

• Kidnapping

• Cracking

• Packing

What is gerrymandering: Kidnapping

• Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have support

• Diluting a minority populated district with majority populations

• Combining like-minded voters into one district to

  prevent them from affecting elections in other districts

• Dispersing a group into several districts to

  prevent a majority

What is gerrymandering: cracking

• Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have

• Diluting a minority populated district with majority populations

• Redrawing two districts to force two elected representatives of the same party to run against each other

• Dispersing a group into several districts to

  prevent a majority

What is Gerrymandering: Packing

• Dispersing a group into several districts to prevent a majority

• Combining like-minded voters into one district to

  prevent them from affecting elections in other districts

• Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have support

• Redrawing two districts to force two elected representatives of the same party to run against each other

What is gerrymandering: cracking

• Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have

• Diluting a minority populated district with majority populations

• Redrawing two districts to force two elected representatives of the same party to run against each other

• Dispersing a group into several districts to

  prevent a majority

What is gerrymandering: Kidnapping

• Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have support

• Diluting a minority populated district with majority populations

• Combining like-minded voters into one district to

  prevent them from affecting elections in other districts

• Dispersing a group into several districts to

  prevent a majority

Diluting a minority populated district with majority populations

• Stacking

• Kidnapping

• Cracking

• Packing

What is gerrymandering: Hijacking

• Diluting a minority populated district with majority populations

• Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have support

• Redrawing two districts to force two elected representatives of the same party to run against each other

• Combining like-minded voters into one district to

  prevent them from affecting elections in other districts