Unrigged, David Daley
Unrigged, David Daley
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Unrigged
How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy

Author: David Daley

Narrator: L.J. Ganser

Unabridged: 10 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Kalorama

Published: 03/31/2020


Synopsis

A revelatory account by the bestselling author of Ratf**ked that will give you hope that America's fragile democracy can still be saved.

Following Ratf**ked, his “extraordinary timely and undeniably important” (New York Times Book Review) exposé of how a small cadre of Republican operatives rigged American elections, David Daley emerged as one of the nation’s leading authorities on gerrymandering. In Unrigged, he charts a vibrant political movement that is rising in the wake of his and other reporters’ revelations. With his trademark journalistic rigor and narrative flair, Daley reports on Pennsylvania’s dramatic defeat of a gerrymander using the research of ingenious mathematicians and the Michigan millennial who launched a statewide redistricting revolution with a Facebook post. He tells the stories of activist groups that paved the way for 2018’s historic blue wave and won crucial battles for voting rights in Florida, Maine, Utah, and nationwide. In an age of polarization, Unrigged offers a vivid portrait of a nation transformed by a new civic awakening, and provides a blueprint for what must be done to keep American democracy afloat.

About David Daley

David Daley is the author of Ratf**ked. His journalism has appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Slate, the Washington Post, and New York magazine. He is a senior fellow at FairVote, the former editor of Salon, and lives in Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Trish

David Daley wants us to feel good about ordinary citizen attempts to push back on states and national political parties for constraining our voting rights, documented in so many states across our Union. But in doing so he also shows us how the fight in many states has become more and more bitterly pa......more

Goodreads review by Andy

Infuriating to read about how entrenched powers seek to undermine citizens' desires (and democracy in general) for their purposes, but encouraging to learn about the individuals and groups working to undo those efforts.......more

Goodreads review by Tucker

The word "gerrymandering," Daley warns, "reminds people of falling asleep in high school civics...you could easily imagine marketing an insomnia cure under that brand name." But no no no. Gerrymandering is really super interesting. It is the means by which political party gatekeepers decide the boun......more

“When voters are given a choice, fairness wins. Perhaps that’s why they’re not often given the option. Voters have to wrestle away a better future, themselves.”......more