02760cam a2200373 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700600190003400700030005300800390005601000170009502000180011202000150013003500240014504000450016904100080021404200140022204300120023605000240024808200130027210000320028524501490031726400730046630000300053933600260056933700280059533800270062350400670065052015080071765000360222565000390226165000440230065000420234420729243BJBSDDR20230805181439.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta230523s2018    nyu   b    001 0 engeng  a  2017279231  a9781510729452  a1510729453  a(OCoLC)on1003755769  aBYVbengcBYVerdadBYVdOCLCQdIVJdIGA  aeng  alccopycat  an-us---14aJK 1965bR813d 201800a324/.9731 aRosenfeld, Steven, d1959- 10aDemocracy betrayed :bhow superdelegates, redistricting, party insiders, and the Electoral College rigged the 2016 election /cSteven Rosenfeld. 1aNew York, NY :bHot Books, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing,c2018.  axxv, 234 pages ; c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 147-201) and index.  aAn impassioned takedown of the undemocratic features of American electoral politics and their role in the 2016 election. Americans are taught to cherish our democracy, especially our right to vote. But after the 2016 presidential election, we are confronted, yet again, with the reality that our system is neither free nor fair. Almost every step along the way is filled with intentional and unintentional pitfalls, barriers, and dysfunction. The results disadvantage, discourage, and ultimately disenfranchise, but a myth persists that our elections and democracy are exemplary. Our system is adept at pre-empting the very citizens whose participation would upend governing classes and economic elites. That's done by making voting more complicated, less accountable and resistant to reform. Whether we're talking about voter ID laws, superdelegates, convoluted state recount rules, or the archaic Electoral College, procedures have greater weight than democratic principles, or evidence-based determinations. Inside Job catalogs the long litany of ways our elections failed, and continue to fail, their billing as model democracy. It will look through the lens of impassioned skepticism, highlighting what went wrong and conveying why that need not be the case. More people registered to vote in 2016 than ever before, even if turnout was about the same as 2012. That shows people want a system they can believe in. This book will speak to them and show them how they can fight for a better democracy. 0aVotingzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aElectionszUnited StatesxHistory. 4aVotación xHistoria zEstados Unidos  4aEleccionesxHistoriazEstados Unidos