The most popular and most successful politician in the history of America is a somebody by the name of Gerry Mander. Mr. (Ms.) Mander has been so successful at getting his fellow politicians elected that he has been invited into every state in the country, well almost every state. The reason for Gerry Mander's success is that he arranges for only people who belong to the right political party to be able to vote for the Congressman.
Now how do you suppose Gerry Mander gets to make that possible? Simple. Gerry Mander gets into the various state legislatures and talks them into (are you ready for this?) gerrymandering all the districts. That means they shape the districts into the strangest tangle of neighborhoods known to man in order to assure that a majority of residents in those districts will vote for Gerry Mander or his/her favored candidate.
Now you may wonder how Gerry Mander can gerrymander districts if the other party outnumbers Gerry Mander's party? Well Gerry Mander gerrymanders a district that is almost totally of the other party and then arranges the other districts so that his party outnumbers the other party by just a little bit. But remember, it only takes a little bit to win the election. Well, that or a hanging chad.
But what if Gerry Mander's favorite candidate in the district is a dud? Easy, remember the district was gerrymandered by the state legislature so that only Gerry Mander's favorite candidate can win no matter if he's a dud or not.
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