Title Election meltdown : dirty tricks, distrust, and the threat to American democracy / Richard L. Hasen.

Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
	©2020

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Description	xi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary	"As the 2020 presidential campaign begins to take shape, there is widespread distrust of the fairness and accuracy of American elections. In this timely and accessible book, Richard L. Hasen uses riveting stories illustrating four factors increasing the mistrust. Voter suppression has escalated as a Republican tool aimed to depress turnout of likely Democratic voters, fueling suspicion. Pockets of incompetence in election administration, often in large cities controlled by Democrats, have created an opening to claims of unfairness. Old-fashioned and new-fangled dirty tricks, including foreign and domestic misinformation campaigns via social media, threaten electoral integrity. Inflammatory rhetoric about "stolen" elections supercharges distrust among hardcore partisans. Taking into account how each of these threats has manifested in recent years--most notably in the 2016 and 2018 elections--Hasen offers concrete steps that need to be taken to restore trust in American elections before the democratic process is completely undermined."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-179) and index.
Contents	The new voting wars -- The icicle -- The weakest link -- Dirty tricks -- "Stolen" -- Surviving 2020 and beyond.
Subject	Elections -- United States.
	Voting -- United States.
	Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021
	Democracy -- United States.
	HISTORY / United States / 21st Century.
	LAW / Election Law.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections.
	Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
	Elections. (OCoLC)fst00904324
	Elections -- Corrupt practices. (OCoLC)fst00904333
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Voting. (OCoLC)fst01169232
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	Since 2017
ISBN	9780300248197 (hardcover)
	0300248199 (hardcover)

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