来自19世纪初美国马萨诸萨邦州长Elbridge Gerry,其为了获取更多选票,把选区进行人为的划分,被嘲笑新选区看起来如同一只salamander, 因此据此合成了该词。
[T]he division of this county into districts has given an opportunity for a Caracatura stamped at Boston and freely circulated here called the Gerrymander. The towns as they lie are disposed as parts of a monster whose feet and claws are Salem and Marblehead. It is one of those political tricks which have success as far as they go. [William Bentley, diary, April 2, 1812]
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