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Gerrymandering Methods
Spreading of voters of a particular type or group among many districts in order to deny them a sufficiently large voting bloc in any particular district.
Often used to "crack" a minority party Prison-based gerrymandering: increasing a district's population with non-voters (does this apply also to germany?)
Concentrate as many voters of one type into a single electoral district to reduce their influence in other districts.
Often used for partisan advantage
Redraws two districts in such a way as to force two incumbents of the same political party to run against each other in one district, ensuring that one of them will be eliminated, while usually leaving the other district to be won by someone from a different political party.
probably useful for the direct votes
Aims to move areas where a certain elected official has significant support to another district, making it more difficult to win future elections with a new electorate. This is often employed against politicians who represent multiple urban areas, in which larger cities will be removed from the district in order to make the district more rural.
probably useful for the direct votes