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David: Gerrymandering takes
its name from a man named
Elbridge Gerry, the Governor of Massachusetts
in 1812 who agrees to maps
that draw up wild districts. A political cartoonist takes
one look at this and thinks it looks
like a salamander, so it becomes known as gerrymandering
its name from a man named
Elbridge Gerry, the Governor of Massachusetts
in 1812 who agrees to maps
that draw up wild districts. A political cartoonist takes
one look at this and thinks it looks
like a salamander, so it becomes known as gerrymandering
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David: Gerrymandering takes
its name
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from a man named
Elbridge Gerry,
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the Governor of Massachusetts
in 1812
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who agrees to maps
that draw up wild districts.
00:00:14.018 --> 00:00:16.583
A political cartoonist takes
one look at this
00:00:16.716 --> 00:00:18.652
and thinks it looks
like a salamander,
00:00:18.918 --> 00:00:20.253
so it becomes known
00:00:20.387 --> 00:00:21.455
as gerrymandering.
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Movie Summary
It influences elections and sways outcomes-gerrymandering has become a hot-button political topic and symbol for everything broken about the American electoral process. But there are those on the front lines fighting to change the...
