publication date: Friday, December 23, 2016 (part of Winter 2017)

category: Government

clue: This Massachusetts governor redrew electoral districts to give his party an advantage, and ever since then the process was named after him.

explanation: Gerry is the namesake of gerrymandering. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, and Jesse King


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