Are used at the subnational scale to divide countries into smaller units

using spatial thinking techniques and tools to analyze elections and voting patterns

internal boundaries that divide a country’s electorate into subnational regions are called ______ and exist at multiple scales

people of a country who are eligible to vote

a count of the population, every 10 years, to ensure the national congressional districts have approx. the same number of people

changing the number of representatives granted to each state so it reflects the state’s population.

State legislatures or state committees then redraw district boundaries so that each district contains roughly the same number of people

The drawing of boundaries for political districts by the party in power to protect or increase its power

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

diluting a minority-populated district with majority populations

redrawing two districts in order to force two elected representatives of the same party to run against each other

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

unites separate political entities into an overarching system that allows each entity to maintain some degree of sovereignty

most or all of the governing power is held by the national government.

is the process of legally adding territory to a city

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Term	Definition
Internal boundaries	Are used at the subnational scale to divide countries into smaller units
electoral boundaries	using spatial thinking techniques and tools to analyze elections and voting patterns
voting districts	internal boundaries that divide a country’s electorate into subnational regions are called ______ and exist at multiple scales
electorate	people of a country who are eligible to vote
census	a count of the population, every 10 years, to ensure the national congressional districts have approx. the same number of people
reapportionment	changing the number of representatives granted to each state so it reflects the state’s population.
redistricting	State legislatures or state committees then redraw district boundaries so that each district contains roughly the same number of people
Gerrymandering	The drawing of boundaries for political districts by the party in power to protect or increase its power
cracking	dispersing a group into several districts to prevent a majority
packing	combining like-minded voters into one district to prevent them from affecting elections in other districts
stacking	diluting a minority-populated district with majority populations
hijacking	redrawing two districts in order to force two elected representatives of the same party to run against each other
kidnapping	moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have support
federal state	unites separate political entities into an overarching system that allows each entity to maintain some degree of sovereignty
unitary state	most or all of the governing power is held by the national government.
annexation	is the process of legally adding territory to a city

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