Davis, Wlezien, and Flores describe Gerrymandering as, “the practice of drawing district lines in such a way as to give candidates from a certain party, ethnic group, or faction an advantage.” At the time I started executing the assignment the concept of Gerrymandering was still unfamiliar. However, by manipulating the boundaries and placing the different populations into districts, I came to understand how those in power manipulate the system. By the end of the assignment everything became clearer, and I came to understand how and why I attended the high school that “corresponds” to me and why the neighbor two blocks away from me is assigned a different school. Gerrymandering has three basic techniques used to draw the district lines; cracking,
