gerrymandering is the practice of manipulating the boundaries of electoral districts to favor one political party or group over another. this can be done in various ways, such as packing voters of one party into a single district, cracking the supporters of a particular party across multiple districts or shifting the boundaries in a way that benefits a particular candidate or party.
for example, let's say a state has a population of 50% democrats and 50% republicans. if the party in power redraws the district lines in a way that packs all the democrats into a few districts and spreads out the republicans over the remaining districts, they can essentially ensure that their party wins a majori…