词汇 | gerrymandering |
释义 | gerrymandering noun[ U ] uk /ˈdʒer.iˌmæn.dər.ɪŋ/ us /ˈdʒer.iˌmæn.dɚ.ɪŋ/ an occasion when someone in authority changes the borders of an area in order to increase the number of people within that area who will vote for a particular party or person: (为使某政党或人在选举中获得优势而)不公正划分选区 The boundary changes were denounced as blatant gerrymandering.变更分界线的做法被抨击为赤裸裸的不公正划分选区行为。 Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting enfranchisement entrance poll exit poll first-past-the-post flip proxy proxy vote proxy voter proxy voting psephologist voting voting booth voting machine voting slip whistle-stop Related wordgerrymander Examples of gerrymanderinggerrymandering Elections may be nominally free, but governments engage in extensive gerrymandering, manipulation of voter registration and harassment of opposition parties. In contrast, if local boundaries are respected, levels of malapportionment increase, while gerrymandering becomes more difficult to accomplish. These results strongly support the claim that gerrymandering, if it occurred, was an isolated rather than widespread phenomenon. A final gerrymandering question can be asked about individual rather than systematic gerrymandering. Indeed, this would seem precisely to be the point of much gerrymandering. The results of the first election, however, suggest that these gerrymandering efforts were of little consequence. This inconsequential gain also comes at a high price: tolerating high levels of gerrymandering. The second front was what is commonly known as gerrymandering, where electoral boundaries are changed to favour the interests of one party. The opposition accused the government of electoral fraud, ballot stuffing, miscounts, and gerrymandering. This number could easily drop to two under a redistricting system that prevented racial gerrymandering. Were only a few districts gerrymandered for specific incumbents, a gerrymandering that would not show up in a statistical analysis of all of the districts? These standards can be analyzed for their partisan impact and selectively applied to maximize partisan advantage, but, in contrast to blatant malapportionment or gerrymandering, these factors are not inherently partisan. To dilute or alter it would be unacceptable and a move born out of political gerrymandering, not a move in favour of maritime safety. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I therefore take it at its face value that this is not sharp gerrymandering, because the official is to be used for some other purpose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But if it gerrymandered the beauty contest, what else is it gerrymandering? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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