-mander

present singular third person -manders · participle present -mandering · participle past -mandered · past -mandered

1. in compoundsCombining form of gerrymander.

   this legislation was gerrymandered, or Sylvester-mandered or Barrett-mandered.

   1980, Díosbóireachtaí Párlaiminte: Tuairisc Oifigiúil, volume 322, page 821

   4 more examples

   Playing on his opponent's name, he contended that he had not been "Gerry-mandered" out of Congress, but "Henry-mandered" out, because Gustavus Henry had introduced the redistricting resolution in the legislature.

   1968, Lately Thomas, The First President Johnson, page 85

   "Texas wasn't just gerry-mandered," The New York Times said in [ a 2003 ] editorial . . . . "It was Hammer-mandered."

   2005, Allan J. Cigler, Burdett A. Loomis, American Politics, page 384

   Howard's win, some observers noted, was particularly significant since it came in one of the "Tommy-mandered" districts drawn by the House in 2003 to guarantee a Republican win.

   2010, Patrick L. Cox, Michael Phillips, The House Will Come To Order

   Of the many alternatives to gerrymandering, co-mandering is presented here as the potentially fairest way of drawing lines in space to regulate its use.

   2020, Peter Marcuse, “From Gerrymandering to Co-Mandering: Redrawing the Lines”, in Andrea Kahn, Carol J. Burns, editor, Site Matters