Ratf**ked - The True Story Behind the Secret Paln to Steal America's Democracy

With Barack Obama's historic election in 2008, pundits proclaimed the Republicans as dead as the Whigs of yesteryear. Yet even as Democrats swooned, a small cadre of Republican operatives began plotting their comeback with a simple yet ingenious plan. These men had devised a way to take a tradition of dirty tricks-known to political insiders as "ratf**king"-to an unprecedented level. Flooding state races with a gold rush of dark money, the Republicans reshaped state legislatures where the power to redistrict is held. Reconstructing this previously untold story, David Daley examines the far-reaching effects of this programme, which has radically altered America's electoral map and created a firewall in the House. Ratf**ked pulls back the curtain on one of the greatest heists in American political history.

About the author

David Daley is the author of Ratf**ked. His journalism has appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Slate, the Washington Post, and New York magazine. He is a senior fellow at FairVote, the former editor of Salon, and lives in Massachusetts.

Summary

The explosive account of how Republican legislators and political operatives fundamentally rigged American democracy through redistricting.

Product details

• Authors: David Daley, Daley David
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781631493218
• ISBN: 978-1-63149-321-8
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; USA, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, United States of America, USA, Elections & referenda, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage