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Re: More trivia
Author: Fred
Date: 02-23-2014 - 16:39

Z-Train Wrote:
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> Fred Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > "gerrymander"...
> > Named after Elbridge Gerry, Vice-President
> under
> > James Madison, and a member of the original
> > "Democratic-Republican" party.
> > Gerrymandering goes way back to the early
> 1800's,
>
> The "mander" part of it coming from salamander
> because the gerrymandered districts, when viewed
> on maps, resembled salamanders.


Indeed, this is true.

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