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Yi-Chen

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on: Jul 8, 2018
Placing the minority party into as few districts as possible to minimize the number of legislators it can elect is a practice known as
 
  A) pairing
  B) packing
  C) lumping
  D) chubbing

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What is the name of the gerrymandering technique that divides up a minority party's voters into so many geographical districts that their voting power in any one district is negligible?
 
  A) pairing
  B) packing
  C) cracking
  D) chubbing


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Ashley I

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C


Yi-Chen

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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