{"id":43811,"date":"2026-02-06T17:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=43811"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:25:19","slug":"word-of-the-day-1093","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/02\/06\/word-of-the-day-1093\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dummymandering<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As MS NOW host Chris Hayes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lwy2myeSxXs\">explained in November<\/a>, \u201cdummymandering\u201d is the term for what happens when a gerrymandering scheme backfires, usually because the ruling party creates vulnerable districts for itself that it then loses. It\u2019s a scenario that at least seems possible in a place like Florida, which is already gerrymandered heavily in Republicans\u2019 favor. And the scenario seems even more possible in light of recent electoral wins for Democrats\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/12\/10\/g-s1-101511\/democrat-wins-miami-mayor-race\">in Florida<\/a>\u00a0and beyond, as backlash toward the GOP\u2019s agenda grows \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/for-trump-falling-support-is-a-problem-but-the-reason-behind-the-slide-is-worse\">even among some of Trump\u2019s supporters<\/a>.<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/opinion\/florida-redistricting-map-donalds-desantis-gerrymandering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MS NOW<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dummymandering: As MS NOW host Chris Hayes\u00a0explained in November, \u201cdummymandering\u201d is the term for what happens when a gerrymandering scheme backfires, usually because the ruling party creates vulnerable districts for itself that it then loses. It\u2019s a scenario that at least seems possible in a place like Florida, which is \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/02\/06\/word-of-the-day-1093\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43812,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43811\/revisions\/43812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}