Cronyism is the practice of partiality in awarding jobs and other advantages to friends, family relatives or trusted colleagues, especially in politics and between politicians and supportive organizations.
A procedure or method called Checks and Balances stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
Redistricting is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries in the United States.
The state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to approval by the state governor.
Redistricting has to follow certain criteria to be accepted:
* compactness
* contiguity
* equal population
* preservation of existing political communities
* partisan fairness
* racial fairness
The practice of gerrymandering involves the manipulation of district drawing in aims to leave out, or include, specific populations in a legislator's district to ensure his/her reelection.
Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing district lines to achieve political gain for legislators.
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