dummymandering

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A form of dummymander — A gerrymander whose narrow margins—intended to electorally benefit the gerrymandering party by consolidating expected opposing voters and more widely distributing expected supporting voters—backfire and actually end up helping the opposing party.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dummymander
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APA

dummymandering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dummymandering

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“dummymandering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dummymandering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dummymandering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dummymandering.

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