02992cam a2200421 i 4500 119513 119513 20729243 BJBSDDR 20230805181439.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 230523s2018 nyu b 001 0 engeng 2017279231 9781510729452 1510729453 (OCoLC)on1003755769 BYV eng BYV rda BYV OCLCQ IVJ IGA eng lccopycat n-us--- JK 1965 R813d 2018 324/.973 Rosenfeld, Steven, 1959- 30120 Democracy betrayed : how superdelegates, redistricting, party insiders, and the Electoral College rigged the 2016 election / Steven Rosenfeld. New York, NY : Hot Books, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. xxv, 234 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-201) and index. An 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. Voting United States History. Elections United States History. Votación Historia Estados Unidos 32076 Elecciones Historia Estados Unidos 508 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-05-23 0 JK 1965 R813d 2018 00000163241 2023-05-23 00:00:00 1 2023-05-23 BK