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Each state is divided into a number of districts (or areas), one for each representative that it has in the House.
每個州被分為若干個選區，每個選區都有一位眾議院議員。
Each representative is elected by the people living in his or her district.
每位眾議員是由他或她選區的選民選舉出來的。
Changing where the district boundaries (or the lines between districts) are drawn on the map can change which political party has more power in a district.
改變地圖上的選區分界線（或選區之間的界線）就可以改變政黨在選區的權力大小。
Redistricting, or changing the district boundaries, is called gerrymandering when it influences (or affects) the results of elections so that one political party is more likely to win.
重劃選區或者改變選區分界線會影響選舉結果、使得某個政黨更可能獲勝，被稱為“杰利蠑螈”。
As you can see, this is a very big issue because redistricting can decide which political party has power.
如你所見，這是個非常重大的問題，因為重劃選區能決定那個政黨掌權。
Sometimes gerrymandering is used to make district boundaries match (or be the same as) where racial groups (or groups of people with the same skin color) live.
有時“杰利蠑螈”被用來讓選區分界線等同于同一種族（或者相同膚色的人群）分界線。
If the district boundaries are drawn so that white people are the majority (the largest group) in each district, then it is more likely that only white representatives will be elected.
如果劃分的選區分界線使得白種人成為每個選區的多數人種，那么該選區就只有白種人眾議員更可能被選舉出來。
Obviously gerrymandering is unfair, but it is very common in modern politics.
“杰利蠑螈”很顯然是不公平的，但是它在現代政治中很常見。
Many have criticized this practice of racial gerrymandering.
種族“杰利蠑螈”的做法為許多人所詬病。
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