Question

When gerrymandering takes place, the kind of redistricting so that the opposition is spread across many districts as a minority is termed a(n) ________ strategy.a. stacked vote

b. wasted vote
c. excess vote
d. districting
e. rightwing

Answer 1

Excess

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Answer 2

The correct option is A: Wasted votes

Step-by-step explanation:

Gerrymandering is always carried out when there is a plan to achieve an unfair political advantage for a specific group or party over others. This is usually done by ensuring district boundaries are manipulated as used in the "first-past-the-post electoral systems". Wasted votes strategy is used to increase the number of wasted votes of a group or political party, while decreasing the number of wasted votes of another. It is used as the premise of the gap measure in efficiency of gerrymandering.