What manipulation technique did Utah Republicans use to eliminate competitive districts?

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Utah Republicans carved Salt Lake County—the state's most populous and liberal area—into four separate congressional districts, a textbook gerrymandering technique called "cracking." This diluted urban Democratic voters by pairing them with rural Republican voters in Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4. Before this map, Salt Lake County had enough population concentration to elect at least one Democratic representative. The cracking ensured Republicans would win 100% of Utah's four House seats despite Democrats representing 35% of voters statewide. Expert Dave Wasserman called it a "brutal gerrymander."

What manipulation technique did Utah Republicans use to eliminate competitive districts?

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