Jeffrey Toobin: "Mesmo no Dia de Madison, a prática de GerryMandering...

"Mesmo no Dia de Madison, a prática de GerryMandering para vantagem partidária era familiar. No final de dezessete anos, houve reclamações que Patrick Henry tentou gerrymander madison fora do primeiro congresso. O termo foi cunhado durante a presidência de Madison, para zombar de Elbridge Gerry, o governador de Massachusetts, que em 1811 aprovou um distrito eleitoral que foi dito para parecer uma salamandra."

--- Jeffrey Toobin

Versão em inglês

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.