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Is there a word or short phrase for re-drawing a state's boundaries specifically in order to "move" a region containing a minority ethnic group to a neighboring state where they're the majority? I guess the canonical example would be moving the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia to Germany. This border adjustment would typically be an outcome of irredentism, but not necessarily, so phrases like "irredentist border adjustment" won't cut it. Thanks in advance for any ideas.
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[nq:1]Is there a word or short phrase for re-drawing a state's boundaries specifically in order to "move" a region containing ... of irredentism, but not necessarily, so phrases like "irredentist border adjustment" won't cut it. [/nq] Gerrymandering?
- [nq:1]Is there a word or short phrase for re-drawing a state's boundaries specifically in order to "move" a region containing ...
- of irredentism, but not necessarily, so phrases like "irredentist border adjustment" won't cut it.
- [/nq] Gerrymandering?
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[nq:1]Is there a word or short phrase for re-drawing a state's boundaries specifically in order to "move" a region containing ... of irredentism, but not necessarily, so phrases like "irredentist border adjustment" won't cut it. Thanks in advance for any ideas.[/nq]
Gerrymandering?
Gerrymandering?
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The inimitable "huchal" stated on 21 Jul 7616:
[nq:2]Is there a word or short phrase for re-drawing a ... adjustment" won't cut it. Thanks in advance for any ideas.[/nq]
[nq:1]Gerrymandering?[/nq]
This is a specific kind of redistricting done in the US to make oddly shaped voting districts that will gurantee one party (the one in power, of course) a majority of representatives in the
[nq:2]Is there a word or short phrase for re-drawing a ... adjustment" won't cut it. Thanks in advance for any ideas.[/nq]
[nq:1]Gerrymandering?[/nq]
This is a specific kind of redistricting done in the US to make oddly shaped voting districts that will gurantee one party (the one in power, of course) a majority of representatives in the
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[nq:2]Gerrymandering?[/nq]
[nq:1]This is a specific kind of redistricting done in the US to make oddly shaped voting districts that will gurantee ... territory and new citizens of the correct ethnicity in return. Then we might call it a trade or territorial exchange.[/nq]
Gerrymandering (pronounced with a hard G sometimes) was used as a political device in Nothern Ireland in the late sixti
[nq:1]This is a specific kind of redistricting done in the US to make oddly shaped voting districts that will gurantee ... territory and new citizens of the correct ethnicity in return. Then we might call it a trade or territorial exchange.[/nq]
Gerrymandering (pronounced with a hard G sometimes) was used as a political device in Nothern Ireland in the late sixti
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[nq:2]Gerrymandering?[/nq]
[nq:1]This is a specific kind of redistricting done in the US...[/nq]
Theres a world outside the USA where elections take place. Sometimes we even rig them, just like you do.
Fabian
I hate having to put on a show of being mean, but it seems the only way to avoid people being mean to you these days is to be mean yourself.
[nq:1]This is a specific kind of redistricting done in the US...[/nq]
Theres a world outside the USA where elections take place. Sometimes we even rig them, just like you do.
Fabian
I hate having to put on a show of being mean, but it seems the only way to avoid people being mean to you these days is to be mean yourself.
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[nq:2]Is there a word or short phrase for re-drawing a ... example would be moving the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia to Germany.[/nq]
[nq:1]Gerrymandering?[/nq]
Cf. etymology, from an American case where
voting district boundaries were so altered that
they looked on the map more like the outline of a
salamander than a natural blob, at the behest of or in the interest of a Gov
[nq:1]Gerrymandering?[/nq]
Cf. etymology, from an American case where
voting district boundaries were so altered that
they looked on the map more like the outline of a
salamander than a natural blob, at the behest of or in the interest of a Gov
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[nq:1]Gerrymandering (pronounced with a hard G sometimes) was used as a political device in Nothern Ireland in the late sixties and was considered very much an "ethnic" activity by those who were gerrymandered - i.e. the Catholics.[/nq]
It has also been used on the mainland - most recently in Westminster, London. Shirley Porter (chief gerrymanderer) still owes a large sum in fines and has left
It has also been used on the mainland - most recently in Westminster, London. Shirley Porter (chief gerrymanderer) still owes a large sum in fines and has left
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The inimitable "huchal" stated on 18 Sept 2003:
[nq:1]Gerrymandering (pronounced with a hard G sometimes) was used as a political device in Nothern Ireland in the late sixties and was considered very much an "ethnic" activity by those who were gerrymandered - i.e. the Catholics.[/nq]
I wasn't aware of this. In the USA, is is used for different purposes, those I've described above. I can c
[nq:1]Gerrymandering (pronounced with a hard G sometimes) was used as a political device in Nothern Ireland in the late sixties and was considered very much an "ethnic" activity by those who were gerrymandered - i.e. the Catholics.[/nq]
I wasn't aware of this. In the USA, is is used for different purposes, those I've described above. I can c
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The inimitable "Fabian" (Email Removed) stated on 21 Jul 7616:
[nq:2]This is a specific kind of redistricting done in the US...[/nq]
[nq:1]Theres a world outside the USA where elections take place. Sometimes we even rig them, just like you do.[/nq]
The world outside the US doesn't count when we're talking about an American word coined in Massachusetts, USA, in 1812, and how that word i
[nq:2]This is a specific kind of redistricting done in the US...[/nq]
[nq:1]Theres a world outside the USA where elections take place. Sometimes we even rig them, just like you do.[/nq]
The world outside the US doesn't count when we're talking about an American word coined in Massachusetts, USA, in 1812, and how that word i
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Thus spake CyberCypher:
[nq:1]Franke: I like being a foreigner. I'm not expected to conform to cultural norms. If I do, everyone's happy. If I don't, I'm just an ignorant foreigner. Win-Win.[/nq]
Me too. I especially like throwing "you're just saying/ doing that because I'm a foreigner/ an immigrant/ black" in people's faces.
Simon R. Hughes
[nq:1]Franke: I like being a foreigner. I'm not expected to conform to cultural norms. If I do, everyone's happy. If I don't, I'm just an ignorant foreigner. Win-Win.[/nq]
Me too. I especially like throwing "you're just saying/ doing that because I'm a foreigner/ an immigrant/ black" in people's faces.
Simon R. Hughes
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[nq:2]Gerrymandering (pronounced with a hard G sometimes) was used as a political device in Nothern Ireland[/nq]
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[nq:1]I wasn't aware of this. In the USA, is is used for different purposes, those I've described above. I can ... it was in Northern Ireland, and if that's the term they use for it, then that's what it means there.[/nq]
If you do a Google using gerrymander AND ulster,
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[nq:1]I wasn't aware of this. In the USA, is is used for different purposes, those I've described above. I can ... it was in Northern Ireland, and if that's the term they use for it, then that's what it means there.[/nq]
If you do a Google using gerrymander AND ulster,
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