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Gerrymander G Gallup poll/polling (Am) – анкетный опрос населения по различным вопросам, проводимый Институтом общественного мнения Гэллапа, США George Gallup founded the American Institute of Public Opinion in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1935. He wished to objectively determine the opinions held by the people. To ensure his independence and objectivity, Dr Gallup resolved that he would undertake no polling that was paid for or sponsored in any way by special interest groups such as the Republican and Democratic parties, a commitment that Gallup upholds to this day. In 1936 Gallup successfully predicted that Franklin Roosevelt would defeat Alfred Landon for the US presidency; this event quickly popularized the company. The Gallup Poll is the division of Gallup that regularly conducts public opinion polls in more than 140 countries around the world. Gallup Polls are often referenced in the mass media as a reliable and objective audience measurement public opinion. Gallup Polls are best known for their accuracy in predicting the outcome of United States presidential elections. Gerrymander – (предвыборные) махинации The word gerrymander is an American political term. To gerrymander is to divide an area into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts. The word gerrymander is a portmanteau from the name of Elbridge Gerry and salamander. Gerry was the governor of Massachusetts when he signed a bill in 1812 to redraw the district boundaries to favor the Democrats and weaken the Federalists. The shape of the district he formed was likened in appearance to a salamander, and political cartoonists emphasized that appearance to denigrate the Democrats. Gerry did not sponsor the bill in question and was said to have signed it reluctantly, but his name has gone into history as that of a villain. Also, there is a pronunciation issue regarding the 59