What Does the Term Packing Describe

question 74

Multiple Choice

What does the term packing describe?

• A)the allocation of House seats to the states after each 10-year census
• B)the drawing of boundary lines of congressional districts following the census
• C)a gerrymandering strategy which divides up and dilutes a strong minority to deny it the power to elect a representative
• D)a gerrymandering strategy which puts a heavy concentration of one party's voters in a single district in order to "waste" their votes

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