4.6 Internal Boundaries

Voting District

An area in a country where you vote representatives to congress

Redistricting

Redrawing internal boundaries after a census, which creates voting districts

Gerrymandering

When the majority party in power redistricts to give them an advantage

Packing

Putting most opposition voters into a few districts, so they only get a few votes

Cracking

Spreading opposition voters into a lot of different districts, so they are the minority in all

Majority-Minority Districts

Minorities are the majority voters in a district, because race can determine who you vote for

US Congressional Districts are based on the…

census.

Highly populated US states have…

more power.

Census

A count of how many people live in the country, along with other data

Reapportionment

When population shifts cause representative seats to move between states