Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (674 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1631493213 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. David Daley is the editor in chief of Salon and the Digital Media Fellow for the Wilson Center for Humanities and the Arts and the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia
Andy Orrock said Dirty deeds done dirt cheap. If you ever wondered what happened to the rational middle in American politics, you've come to the right place. David Daley's book is essential reading for both political wonks and the American general public (though I fear it a bit too wonkish for mainstream consumption).. Extreme gerrymandering, undermining democracy Excellent explanation of gerrymandering and vote harvesting undermining democracy. Shows one way that partisanship has become so entrenched and bitter. Exposes how elitism and money snubs and manipulates the common voter. Media ought to keep this in the news and public dis. "I never knew!" according to Janyce K. Mose. This is a deeply depressing book for a Democrat. I'm an intelligent, informed citizen but I had no idea that gerrymandering could be so destructive to the democratic process in this country for so long a time. The author did his research completely. He interviewed both sid
5 maps. While exhausted voters recover from a grueling presidential election, a new Afterword from the author explores the latest intense efforts by both parties, who are already preparing for the next redistricting cycle in 2020. “Sobering and convincing” (New York Review of Books), Ratf**ked shows how this program has radically altered America’s electoral map and created a firewall in the House, insulating the Republican party and its wealthy donors from popular democracy. Since the revolutionary election of Barack Obama, a group of GOP strategists has devised a way to flood state races with a gold rush of dark money, made possible by Citizens United, in order to completely reshape Congressand our democracy itself. David Daley’s “extraordinarily timely” (New York Times Book Review) account uncovers the fundamental rigging of our House of Representatives and state legislatures nationwide. Lauded as a “c
— Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas . Democrats should read this book. — Julian E. He draws on investigative reports, interviews and court documents to give readers an eye-opening tour of a process that many Americans never see….What Daley makes clear is that ruthless partisan gerrymandering is not good for democracy and makes it that much more difficult to wrestle control of the House away from the GOP. — Elizabeth Kolbert (The New Yorker)The way dark money was translated into congressional majorities is one of