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A territorial division for casting votes in public elections; generally, only those who live in the voting district are permitted to cast their votes there.
What is voting district?
The process by which the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are divided proportionately by population among the 50 states following every U.S. census.
What is reapportionment?
The manipulation of voting district boundaries to favor a particular political party, group, or election outcome.
What is gerrymandering?
A body of 538 electors in the United States; a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president
What is Electoral College?
The process of drawing new boundaries for U.S. congressional districts to reflect the population changes since the previous U.S. census.
What is redistricting?
Gerrymandering a voting district by concentrating all of the opposition party into one district, thereby creating a large majority of that party in the district while ensuring that it cannot win any election.
What is packing?
A subfield of political geography that analyzes the geography of political preferences and how geography can shape voting outcomes.
What is electoral geography?
State that has the highest number of electoral college delegates
What is California?
Gerrymandering a voting district by dividing opposition votes into many districts, thus diluting the opposition's vote to ensure it does not form a majority in any district.
What is cracking?
a complete snapshot of a nation’s people. It provides information on the size, location, and characteristics of a population.
What is Census?
Branch of congress composed of 100 members ( 2 per state)
What is Senate?
branch of congress who decides the winner for a presidential election if each presidential candidate receives 269 electoral votes.
What is the House of Representatives?
vote that comes directly from the people
(hint: Hillary Clinton (2016) won this vote but did not collect enough electoral votes)
What is popular vote?