Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy
First edition
AuthorDavid Daley
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGerrymandering in the United States
GenreNonfiction
PublisherLiveright Publishing Corporation/W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
2016
Pages256
OCLC1005838868

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.[4] Daley was the editor-in-chief of the online publication Salon.[5]

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";[4] Elizabeth Kolbert of The New Yorker called it "compelling";[3] 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][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "David Daley - W. W. Norton & Company". books.wwnorton.com.
  2. ^ a b "Ratf**ked - W. W. Norton & Company". books.wwnorton.com.
  3. ^ a b Kolbert, Elizabeth (June 20, 2016). "Drawing the Line: How redistricting turned America from blue to red". The New Yorker.
  4. ^ a b Wagner, Alex (June 21, 2016). "When Republicans Draw District Boundaries, They Can't Lose. Literally". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "David Daley". salon.com.
  6. ^ Drew, Elizabeth (August 18, 2016). "American Democracy Betrayed". The New York Review of Books.
  7. ^ "The power that gerrymandering has brought to Republicans". The Washington Post. June 17, 2016.
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