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mrsjacobs44

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Pairing involves
 
  A) placing a first-year officeholder with an incumbent in the same elective district to strengthen a party's stronghold in the legislature.
  B) placing officeholders of opposing parties together in the same elective district to encourage bipartisanship.
  C) placing two incumbent officeholders in the same elective district through redistricting.
  D) placing the right kinds of incumbents together in the same elective district to represent powerful special interests.

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Which of the following is NOT correct about gerrymandering?
 
  A) Gerrymandering is not possible if the population of every district is equal.
  B) Gerrymandering can use a pairing technique that redistricts two or more incumbent legislators' residences or political bases so that both are in the same district.
  C) Partisan gerrymandering is used to maximize the majority party's representation.
  D) Gerrymandering diffuses a concentrated political or ethnic minority among several districts so that votes in any one district are negligible.


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flannelavenger

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

C

Answer to Question 2

A


mrsjacobs44

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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