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Jeffrey Toobin: "Bahkan di zaman Madison, praktik persekongkolan demi...

"Bahkan di zaman Madison, praktik persekongkolan demi keuntungan partisan sudah lazim. Pada akhir tujuh belas delapan puluhan, ada klaim bahwa Patrick Henry telah mencoba menipu Madison sendiri dari Kongres Pertama. Istilah ini diciptakan selama Kepresidenan Madison, untuk mengejek Elbridge Gerry, gubernur Massachusetts, yang pada tahun 1811 menyetujui distrik pemilihan yang dikatakan terlihat seperti salamander."

--- Jeffrey Toobin

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Even in Madison’s day, the practice of gerrymandering for partisan advantage was familiar. In the late seventeen-eighties, there were claims that Patrick Henry had tried to gerrymander Madison himself out of the First Congress. The term was coined during Madison’s Presidency, to mock Elbridge Gerry, the governor of Massachusetts, who in 1811 approved an election district that was said to look like a salamander.