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Author:

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

Title:

Ratf**ked : the true story behind the secret plan to steal America's democracy / David Daley.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Liveright Publishing CorporationA Division of W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxviii, 257 pages : maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Apportionment (Election law)--Corrupt practices.
Apportionment (Election law)--Political aspects.
Proportional representation.
Election districts.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-240) and index.

Contents:

The mastermind: "It will take years to recover" -- Pennsylvania: "So this wasn't a personal attack" -- North Carolina: truly space-age software -- Maptitude: "Donald Duck kicking Goofy" -- Michigan: a garbage dump is the cherry on top -- Ohio: "A small carve out down 77 in Canton" -- Democrats: "They just whistled past the graveyard" -- Florida: "Tampa is far from perfect" -- Wisconsin: "They put my district in a woodchipper" -- Iowa: the redistricting unicorn -- Arizona: "You can't get any more partisan than this" -- A theorem to detect ratfucking.

Summary:

"The explosive account of how Republican legislators and political operatives fundamentally rigged our American democracy through redistricting,"--NoveList.

ISBN:

1631491628 (hardcover)
9781631491627 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016018111

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)