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Author Daley, David (Editor-in-chief), author.

Title Unrigged : how Americans are battling back to save democracy / David Daley.

Publication Info. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Co., [2020]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  324.973 DALEY    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  324.973 DAL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxviii, 286 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-261) and index.
Summary "A revelatory account by the best- selling author of Ratf**ked that will give you hope that America's fragile democracy can still be saved. Following Ratf**ked, his "extraordinary timely and undeniably important" (New York Times Book Review) exposé of how a small cadre of Republican operatives rigged American elections, David Daley emerged as one of the nation's leading authorities on gerrymandering. In Unrigged, he charts a vibrant political movement that is rising in the wake of his and other reporters' revelations. With his trademark journalistic rigor and narrative flair, Daley reports on Pennsylvania's dramatic defeat of a gerrymander using the research of ingenious mathematicians and the Michigan millennial who launched a statewide redistricting revolution with a Facebook post. He tells the stories of activist groups that paved the way for 2018's historic blue wave and won crucial battles for voting rights in Florida, Maine, Utah, and nationwide. In an age of polarization, Unrigged offers a vivid portrait of a nation transformed by a new civic awakening, and provides a blueprint for what must be done to keep American democracy afloat"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Second chances and rights restored : "I will be a lifelong voter" -- Aboard Idaho's Medicaid express : "I had to get off the couch and actually do something" -- The defeat of the voter fraud myth : "The fix was in" -- Utah, Nevada, North Dakota : "There will be a lot more native voices to hear from" -- Michigan's redistricting revolution : "We were tired of sitting on the sidelines" -- Redistricting goes national : "There's got to be a better way to do democracy" -- Donald Duck and Goofy no more : "The map was smoking. The map made it easy" -- Mathematicians enlist for duty -- People power : "It's like diving into the matrix" -- Activist groups : ace-ing the "fuck, yeah" test -- Maine's ranked choice : "The people can't be stopped" -- Youth saves the day : "If they don't want you voting, that means we have to."
Subject United States. Congress -- Elections, 2018.
Voting -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Political participation -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Elections -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Gerrymandering -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Apportionment (Election law) -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Democracy -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021
United States. Congress. (OCoLC)fst00529490
Apportionment (Election law) (OCoLC)fst00811773
Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
Elections. (OCoLC)fst00904324
Gerrymandering. (OCoLC)fst00942249
Political participation. (OCoLC)fst01069386
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Voting. (OCoLC)fst01169232
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term Since 2000
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Informational works.
Creative nonfiction.
ISBN 9781631495755 (hardcover)
1631495755 (hardcover)
9781631495762 (electronic book)
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