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electoral college
the system used in American presidential elections that assigns a number of votes to states by population. It encourages candidates to not only focus on populated areas
gerrymandering
redrawing voting district boundaries to benefit one political party over another
redistricting
in the United States, after each census redrawing voting district due to population changes
reapportionment
process in which U.S. House of Representatives seats are re-allocated to different states, based off of population change
federalism
a country where the national government is strong and the regional governments are also strong so they share power
unitary state
a country where the national government is strong and the regional governments are weak
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