The original Gerry-Mander
A newspaper drew Governor Gerry’s new district as a salamander and named the practice forever. The cartoon is a critique; the maps it mocks are the artifact, and districts are still drawn to decide elections before they are held.
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By
Elkanah Tisdale, Boston Gazette · 1812
Where
History & power · Elections
Form
Static image · to persuade
Visual
Space, Comparison
Original