how superdelegates, redistricting, party insiders, and the Electoral College rigged the 2016 election Rosenfeld, Steven 1959- creator text nyu 2018 monographic eng

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xxv, 234 pages ; 24 cm. 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. Steven Rosenfeld. Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-201) and index. n-us--- Voting United States History Elections United States History Votación Historia Estados Unidos Elecciones Historia Estados Unidos JK 1965 R813d 2018 324/.973 9781510729452 1510729453 2017279231 BYV 230523 20230805181439.0 20729243 eng