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How has gerrymandering reduced the number of competitive disctricts in the United States?

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The primary goals of gerrymandering are to maximize the effect of supporters' votes and to minimize the effect of opponents' votes. ... By "cracking" districts, a political party could maintain, or gain, legislative control by ensuring that the opposing party's voters are not the majority in specific districts.

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