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Dmitry_Shevchenko [17]
3 years ago
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Define and explain the terms “gerrymandering ”and “pork-barrel spending ” and do you believe these systems are fair ?

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sveta [45]3 years ago
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We can define gerrymandering as the manipulation of political and regional districts in order to reach an electoral or political advantage for a particular organization, group or political party.

We can define pork-barrel as the act of spending money on projects that are deemed necessary in order to gain a political or electoral advantage for a group or political party.

Both of these systems are in general deemed unfair since there are clear ulterior motives to reach political advantage against their adversaries.


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