Question

In which of the following States would gerrymandering have the LEAST impact? I. A State in which there are a variety of ethnic groups living in each districtII. A State in which there is an even split among the political party groups in the StateIII. A State in which 95 percent of citizens belong to the same political party a. I onlyb. II onlyc. III onlyd. I and IIe. II and III

Answer 1

Answer:

a. I only

Explanation:

This is the state that would be the least impacted by gerrymandering. Gerrymandering refers to a practice of establishing an advantage for a political party by manipulating district boundaries. There are two main ways of doing so, which are "cracking" (minimizing the voting power of a group by splitting it over several districts) and "packing" (concentrating the whole group in one single district to minimize their power in other ones). A state that is diverse in all of its districts is unlikely to be affected by gerrymandering.