Read the following quote. Then complete the paragraph by choosing the answers that correctly interpret what the author is saying. The phrase "Political Influence", as used by Mark Twain in this passage, is a reference to the
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letter a is the answer

the correct answer is: (1) affected by gerrymandering; (2) not affected by gerrymandering.

gerrymandering is known as a practice that intends to establish a some kind of political advantage for a particular party or group. to do this district boundaries are manipulated. the new resulting district is named a gerrymandering.

in other words, what gerrymandering does is to draw the boundaries of electoral districts trying to benefit the party who is doing it. sometimes, the party controlling the legislature will redraw it so they can maximize the number of districts they are likely to control.

basically means the stoc market is going down since   dow is one of the most sucessful buiness it would be a tragedy for it to go down and it ensures the ruinty of the stock market