Ratf**ked

The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy

De: David Daley

Narrado por: Brian Sutherland

The explosive account of how Republican legislators and political operatives fundamentally rigged our American democracy through redistricting.

With Barack Obama's historic election in 2008, pundits proclaimed the Republicans as dead as the Whigs of yesteryear. Yet even as Democrats swooned, a small cadre of Republican operatives, including Karl Rove, Ed Gillespie, and Chris Jankowski, began plotting their comeback with a simple yet ingenious plan. These men had devised a way to take a tradition of dirty tricks - known to political insiders as "ratf**king" - to a whole new unprecedented level. Flooding state races with a gold rush of dark money made possible by Citizens United, the Republicans reshaped state legislatures, where the power to redistrict is held.

Reconstructing this never-told-before story, David Daley examines the far-reaching effects of this so-called REDMAP program, which has radically altered America's electoral map and created a firewall in the House, insulating the party and its wealthy donors from popular democracy. Ratf**ked pulls back the curtain on one of the greatest heists in American political history.

©2016 David Daley (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

You're the Rat

There aren't enough stars for the importance of this invaluable contribution. Sure, 1984 is a great book and sales have increased but 1984 won't tell you how you're being f**ked in the dystopian present. Read this, get mad, tell others, plan, and carry out action.

Amazing and scary!

Wow this was terrifying, on so many levels. It really makes you lose faith with our political system, because yes the republicans are doing it now but the democrats will gerrymander as well. And where will it stop? When everyone is so polarized that they can't even agree on even the budget and there's a shut down? Oh wait that's already happening. The book is great and eye opening, the narrator could be better

Very import book

This book explains a lot about what has Berwyn going on and how the republicans have taken over. There needs to be referendums in all 50 States to stop this. The first step is understanding it, which is where this book comes in.

Terrifying

And Mr Janikowski should be apologizing to his children already. Ronald Reagan, who I voted for twice by mail while serving in the military, finally said something honest at the end of his 2nd term. Had I known then what I know now, I would not have voted for him. I doubt I’m alone. The Republicans will crash this entire country rather than give up a seat. Their behavior has been, and continues to be, horrifically shameful.

required headline

interesting book despite super dry delivery

very important topic we all should increase awareness on

The DNC Is So Out Of Touch With America's Future

And the GOP had totally run off the rail with the Trump Cult.....God Save America, please! America has lost its way and China may soon dominate the global political and economic order for foreseeable future.

A good outline of how one party used the redistricting process to its advantage while the other party appeared to be clueless.

This was o good overview of how redistricting practices violate the principle of democracy. It would be even better in Kindle form where you could see the the incumbency promoting gerrymandered maps that the author describes.

This one will shake you to your core

We've all known about political gerrymandering, the boring, backroom re-drawing of district lines to protect incumbents. Ratf**cked describes the GOP takeover of our democracy through its "Red Map" strategy, a disaster author David Dailey thinks will be in place for decades. Hopefully, he is wrong. Like most pundits, he predicted HRC would win, though he said she would be unable to govern; this due to the hyper-partisan Congressional districts that GOP dominated State legislatures have put in place. So, while he could describe The Freedom Caucus's takedown of Boehner, the end of Congressional moderates, and the impossibility of passing legislation, he had no inkling of Trump. Read this book!

red mapping

how gerrymanding & technicql maps have locked in the ulta xonservtive extremist take over depressing

A must read

This is an amazing, eye opening book. It helped me make sense of some political agendas and how they effect the American political processes. I left this book angry, but motivated. Highly recommended.