redistricting

American  

[ree-dis-trik-ting] / riˈdɪs trɪk tɪŋ /

noun

1. the activity or process of dividing an area or region into new districts, such as for administrative or electoral purposes.

   The program is focused on issues of voting rights and elections, money in politics, and redistricting and representation.

   As school committee chair, she was tasked with a complicated and controversial redistricting of the town’s elementary schools.

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Etymology

Origin of redistricting

redistrict ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

In the state’s 2025 special election on Proposition 50, the state’s mid-decade redistricting measure, nearly 89% of votes were cast by mail, according to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber’s office — or nearly 10.3 million out of about 11.6 million votes cast.

From Los Angeles Times

A state trial judge found that the district’s lines weakened the ability of Black and Latino voters to elect their preferred candidates, and he ordered the state’s redistricting commission to redraw the district in a way that would increase the influence of minority voters.

From The Wall Street Journal

He praised protesters who have peacefully organised against immigration operations, discussed electoral redistricting and talked about his presidential library, which is due to open in Chicago next year.

From BBC

Redistricting disputes are hardly new to American politics.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2020, Virginians amended their constitution to create a bipartisan redistricting commission.

From The Wall Street Journal