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

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redistricting

For Lee Kendrick Harris, who had just voted at a polling station at a Whitehaven church, the redistricting "is a test of resiliency in how we can come together and survive."

From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026

That decade saw fewer competitive House races before new maps created more battleground areas in 2010 and 2020, the result of regular redistricting that occurs every decade after the U.S. census.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

He does not want federal judges interfering in the redistricting process, not even to prioritise black Americans like himself.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Nevertheless, redistricting is happening whether we like it or not.

From Slate ● May 14, 2026

In November 2004 she learned of a school redistricting plan and shook her e-mail chain to mobilize opposition.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times