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Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy
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Author:David Daley
Country:United States
Language:English
Subject:Gerrymandering in the United States
Genre:Nonfiction
Publisher:Liveright Publishing Corporation/W. W. Norton & Company
Pub Date:2016
Pages:256
Oclc:1005838868

Ratf**ked

The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy is a 2016 book by David Daley[1] [2] that discusses efforts by some Republican political operatives, including Karl Rove, Ed Gillespie and Chris Jankowski, to exploit redistricting processes around the United States in order to gain greater control of the American Congress, under a project called REDMAP.[3] Daley describes the effects on six states: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin. Daley was the editor-in-chief of the online publication Salon.[4]

Reception

Ratf**ked received largely positive reviews. Alex Wagner of The New York Times called it "disheartening and enraging in equal measure—and also occasionally dull";[5] Elizabeth Kolbert of The New Yorker called it "compelling"; Elizabeth Drew of The New York Review of Books called it "sobering and convincing";[6] and Julian E. Zelizer of The Washington Post described it as an "eye-opening tour of a process that many Americans never see" but also called it "punchy, though overstated."[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Daley . W. W. Norton & Company.
  2. Web site: Ratf**ked - W. W. Norton & Company . W. W. Norton & Company.
  3. Kolbert . Elizabeth . Elizabeth Kolbert . June 20, 2016 . Drawing the Line: How redistricting turned America from blue to red. . The New Yorker.
  4. Web site: David Daley . Salon.com.
  5. News: Wagner . Alex . June 21, 2016 . When Republicans Draw District Boundaries, They Can't Lose. Literally. . The New York Times.
  6. Drew . Elizabeth . Elizabeth Drew . August 18, 2016 . American Democracy Betrayed . The New York Review of Books.
  7. News: Zelizer . Julian E. . 17 June 2016 . The Power That Gerrymandering Has Brought to Republicans . subscription . https://archive.today/20230107211850/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-power-that-gerrymandering-has-brought-to-republicans/2016/06/17/045264ae-2903-11e6-ae4a-3cdd5fe74204_story.html . 7 January 2023 . live . Opinion . . 18 July 2024.