Gerrymandering Quiz

What is the purpose of the redistricting process?

• To create gerrymandered maps

• To advantage politicians

• To ensure equitable representation

• To disadvantage voters

What is gerrymandering?

• The advantage of voters

• The creation of equitable representation

• The process of redistricting

• The manipulation of the mapmaking process for political gain

Who is the political figure that the term 'gerrymandering' is named after?

• James Madison

• Elbridge Gerry

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

What is malapportionment?

• Sorting voters into districts with a predominant focus on race

• Minimizing or canceling the voting strength of Black and brown voters

• Drawing districts with deliberate differences in population

• Creating political maps that enable a political party to gain a systemic advantage

What is racial voting dilution?

• Drawing districts with deliberate differences in population

• Sorting voters into districts with a predominant focus on race

• Minimizing or canceling the voting strength of Black and brown voters

• Creating political maps that enable a political party to gain a systemic advantage

What is partisan gerrymandering?

• Sorting voters into districts with a predominant focus on race

• Creating political maps that enable a political party to gain a systemic advantage

• Minimizing or canceling the voting strength of Black and brown voters

• Drawing districts with deliberate differences in population

What is racial gerrymandering?

• Sorting voters into districts with a predominant focus on race

• Minimizing or canceling the voting strength of Black and brown voters

• Drawing districts with deliberate differences in population

• Creating political maps that enable a political party to gain a systemic advantage

What are the two most common methods used to create gerrymandered maps?

• Partisan gerrymandering and racial gerrymandering

• Cracking and racial voting dilution

• Malapportionment and racial voting dilution

• Cracking and packing