In contrast to earlier scholars, Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton believed that theories about the natural world should be based on A. repeated experimentation and careful observation.

B. divine revelations and spiritual insight.

C. human emotions and creativity.

D. reinterpretations of classical scholarly works.

A. repeated experimentation and careful observation.

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.