The study of how geographical factors influence political behavior and outcomes.

The study of how political factors influence geographical outcomes.

The study of how geographical factors influence economic outcomes.

The study of how economic factors influence political outcomes.

The practice of drawing political district boundaries to favor one political party or group over another.

The practice of drawing political district boundaries to favor one racial or ethnic group over another.

The practice of drawing political district boundaries to favor one economic group over another.

The practice of drawing political district boundaries to favor one religious group over another.

The process of redrawing political district boundaries.

The process of redrawing state legislative district boundaries.

The process of redrawing congressional district boundaries.

The process of redrawing local government district boundaries.

Packing and cracking.

Stacking and splitting.

Gerrymandering by race.

Gerrymandering by ethnicity.

It can give one political party an unfair advantage in elections.

It can dilute the voting power of minority groups.

It can make it more difficult for third parties to win elections.

All of the above.

It can help to ensure that minority groups have representation in government.

It can help to create more competitive elections.

It can help to reduce the influence of special interests.

None of the above.

Create independent redistricting commissions.

Use nonpartisan criteria to draw district boundaries.

Require that district boundaries be compact and contiguous.

All of the above.

A federal law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

A federal law that prohibits gerrymandering.

A federal law that requires states to create independent redistricting commissions.

A federal law that requires states to use nonpartisan criteria to draw district boundaries.

An agreement among states to award their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

An agreement among states to create independent redistricting commissions.

An agreement among states to use nonpartisan criteria to draw district boundaries.

An agreement among states to require that district boundaries be compact and contiguous.

It will become more important as the population becomes more diverse.

It will become less important as technology makes it easier to gerrymander districts.

It will become more important as the Supreme Court takes a more active role in redistricting.

It will become less important as states adopt nonpartisan redistricting commissions.

It can determine which party wins a particular election.

It can determine the number of seats each party wins in a particular election.

It can determine the policies that are enacted by a particular government.

All of the above.

The distribution of population.

The location of cities and towns.

The boundaries of political districts.

All of the above.

It can be used to create more representative political districts.

It can be used to make elections more competitive.

It can be used to reduce the influence of special interests.

All of the above.

The increasing diversity of the population.

The growing influence of technology.

The changing political landscape.

All of the above.

It will become more important as the population becomes more diverse.

It will become less important as technology makes it easier to gerrymander districts.

It will become more important as the Supreme Court takes a more active role in redistricting.

It will become less important as states adopt nonpartisan redistricting commissions.