Which of the following is generally true of the gerrymandering of congressional districts?

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Question restatement: The prompt asks, 'Which of the following is generally true of the gerrymandering of congressional districts?' Answer options are: 1) It results in more Republicans being elected to the House. 2) It guarantees that all minority parties will be equally represented. 3) It creates districts that favor one political party over another. 4) It violates the principle of one-person, one-vote. 5) It results in more Democrats being elected to the House.

Option 1: It results in more Republicans being elected to the House. While gerrymandering can produce maps that help Republicans win more seats in a given election cycle, this outcome is not universally guaranteed. The effects depend on the existing political geography, district boundaries, and the distribution of voters. Therefore, stating it generally results in more Republicans is too strong and context-dependent.

Option 2: It guarantees that all minority parties will be equally represented. This is incorrect. Gerrymandering aims to influence which party wins each district, not to ensure proportional or equal representation for minority parties. In fact, it often reduces minority-party representation by concentrating their voters into a few districts or spreading them thinly across many districts (packing and cracking strategies), so equality is not guaranteed.

Option 3: It creates districts that favor one political party over another. This is the core and most general characteristics of gerrymandering: drawing district boundaries to advantage a particular party, reducing competition, and altering the partisan balance. The practice is about partisan benefit rather than fair or equal representation, making this statement broadly true.

Option 4: It violates the principle of one-person, one-vote. The principle requires equal population in each district, which is a constitutional standard. Gerrymandering can produce districts with equal or near-equal populations, especially after redistricting to comply with legal requirements. While extreme gerrymandering can raise constitutional concerns, the statement that gerrymandering inherently violates one-person, one-vote is not generally accurate; legality hinges on population equality and how the lines are drawn, not on the act of redistricting itself.

Option 5: It results in more Democrats being elected to the House. Like Option 1, this outcome is not universally true. Gerrymandering can help either party win more seats depending on the map and political landscape at a given time. It is not inherently a Democratic-favoring effect.

Collective assessment: Among the options, only Option 3 captures the general, foundational characteristic of gerrymandering: the deliberate drawing of districts to bias the electoral outcome toward one party over another. The other statements either overstate a guaranteed result, misrepresent constitutional principles, or claim outcomes that depend on specific political contexts rather than being universally true.

AP GOV Test - Midterm

Which of the following is generally true of the gerrymandering of congressional districts?

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