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Data Gerrymandering 

Intentionally changing what the data actually show to fit a claim furthering an agenda. Anytime someone ignores, suppresses, or alters findings, results, data or statistics to fit their agenda. This could be media skewing a graph to hype fear (ex. of violent crime, drug use), politicians ignoring data needed to accurately assess a policy (ex. Lead in the water), social scientists beefing up a study's results to be published, companies claiming a product is safe (ex. Pharmaceutical clinical trials), and everyday users of Twitter who offer a "poll" to show what 'everyone' thinks.
The graph showing the increase in violent crime nationwide was obvious data gerrymandering because the statistics were only taken from the cities with populations over 1 million.

The Senator was gerrymandering data when he said that giving ex-felons the right to vote would mean all the convicted terrorists will be able to cast a ballot.

gerrymandate

Where a political party proclaims a mandate after clearly losing an election, because by the use of gerrymandering they managed to retain control of the House of Representatives. When if anything near a reasonable redistricting system would of been in place, they would of easily of lost that control.
In the 2012 Presidential election, Republicans maintained control of the House of Representatives even though they lost states like Ohio and got less of the congressional votes. However, because of abusive gerrymandering in Ohio, they ended up with 12 of the 16 congressional seats available in the state. When afterwards they claimed to have their own "mandate" from the voters, they only really had a gerrymandate, because they actually got less votes in the House of Representatives than the Democrats did and kept control by gaming the system, not because it was the will of the voters.
gerrymandate by Hauntedsoup November 9, 2012

gerrymandering 

Splitting the voting population in favor of the group in power by any means necessary, such as specifically targeted advertising, redrawing district lines, teaching specific politics in schools, or violence.
It was gerrymandering when the Catholic highschool took the children to a Bush rally.

gerrymandering 

Moving the books/notebooks of other students into different desks to influence where they sit during class. Used for political structure.
Lookee me, I am gerrymandering John's stuff onto that other desk. I am usurping his throne!
gerrymandering by Bizzlitz Masta January 28, 2008

Gerrying 

To act like a CEO, to utilize time in a way where you are optimally spreading the love and appreciation to everyone in the universe.
To be in multiple places at the same time, being a boss in each. This is, Gerrying.
Gerrying by movenflow August 28, 2021
noun;
1 An idiotic and often inappropriate or racist saying, generally spoken by a retard or dumbass who does not have access to the internet and owns an unnecesarry number of chickens.
2. Words spoken by one in need of a beating
The use of a gerryism just made that guy lose all his friends

"They should make thongs for babies"
"If i had a choice between kicking a puppy or a baby, id kick the baby real hard"
"When im in college my dorm walls are going to have tons of posters of naked girls. Like 5 year olds"
gerryism by Paint388 May 17, 2006