What Is the Etymology of the Word "Gerrymandering

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Multiple Choice

What is the etymology of the word "gerrymandering"?

• A)It comes from an odd-shaped district (that resembled a salamander) in Massachusetts, redrawn when the governor's name was Gerry.
• B)It comes from a Creole word (from Louisiana) that means pandering to a particular group of people.
• C)It comes from an eighteenth-century slang term for an unpopular mandate, pioneered by an unscrupulous politician in South Carolina, named Gerry Sartain.
• D)It comes from an old British sailors' term that meant being unfairly treated by a ship's captain.
• E)Its etymology is unknown.

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