GerrymanderingHow a 19th-century drawing defined modern elections

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History of Phrases

In 1812, the Boston Gazette published a satire of a voting district so contorted it resembled a mythological beast. This episode examines the literal map signed by Governor Elbridge Gerry that inspired the cartoon and the term "Gerry-mander." Discover how a specific stroke of a pen in Massachusetts created a legacy of political boundary manipulation that persists today.