Redistricting
noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An instance of adjusting the borders that delineate districts.
"The party that holds the White House historically struggles in midterm elections, and Republicans are defending an especially narrow majority in the House. Those challenges have led Trump to pressure red states across the country to redraw their congressional district boundaries to give his party more of an advantage — a demand that has touched off a national partisan battle over redistricting."
- 1 present participle and gerund of redistrict form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The party that holds the White House historically struggles in midterm elections, and Republicans are defending an especially narrow majority in the House. Those challenges have led Trump to pressure red states across the country to redraw their congressional district boundaries to give his party more of an advantage — a demand that has touched off a national partisan battle over redistricting."
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