Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count

Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count

<p><strong>David Daley’s “extraordinarily timely” (<em>New York Times Book Review</em>) account uncovers the fundamental rigging of our House of Representatives and state legislatures nationwide.</strong></p> Lauded as a “compelling” (<em>The New Yorker</em>) and “eye-opening tour of a process that many Americans never see” (<em>Washington Post</em>), David Daley’s <em>Ratf**ked</em> documents the effort of Republican legislators and political operatives to hack American democracy through an audacious redistricting plan called REDMAP. Since the revolutionary election of Barack Obama, a group of GOP strategists has devised a way to flood state races with a gold rush of dark money, made possible by Citizens United, in order to completely reshape Congress―and our democracy itself. “Sobering and convincing” (<em>New York Review of Books</em>), <em>Ratf**ked</em> shows how this program has radically altered America’s electoral map and created a firewall in the House, insulating the Republican party and its wealthy donors from popular democracy. While exhausted voters recover from a grueling presidential election, a new Afterword from the author explores the latest intense efforts by both parties, who are already preparing for the next redistricting cycle in 2020. 5 maps