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In North Carolina, Democratic state Senate candidate Kate Barr is knocking on doors and meeting voters in a district just outside of Charlotte — but she's not running to win.
In fact, she admits that she can't win.
"We live in a gerrymandered district," said Barr. "I actually live in a gerrymandered state."
Gerrymandering, a portmanteau made from combining former Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry's name with salamander — because the district drawn up in his favor looked like the amphibian — is the term for when states draw electoral boundaries to...
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