dummymanders

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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

noun
  1. pluralplural of dummymander
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of dummymander
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dummymanders. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dummymanders

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