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Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy - What Everyone Needs to Know (R) (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy - What Everyone Needs to Know (R) (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW
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Frequent and fair elections, open to all, are fundamental elements
of a democracy. The United States, through its local, state, and
national contests, holds more elections, more often, than any other
democracy in the world. But in recent years, there have been
troubling signs that our system of campaigns and elections has
become much more fragile and vulnerable. More specifically, in the
past twenty years, campaigns have changed profoundly: social media
and viral messaging compete with traditional media, races once
considered local in nature have become nationalized, Supreme Court
decisions on campaign finance law now encourage mega-donors, voters
are more polarized, party affiliation has waned, and the middle
ideological ground has given way to extremist language and voter
rage. Twice in sixteen years we have seen winning presidential
candidates gaining fewer popular votes than their opponents. The
fundamental right of every citizen to vote has been impeded by
state legislatures demanding tighter access, more identification,
and accusations of voter fraud. And we have faced the real threat
of foreign influence in our national elections. This new edition of
Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy: What Everyone
Needs to Know (R) offers the most up-to-date examination of
campaigns, elections, and future threats to voting and democracy.
It addresses the 2020 US presidential election, the "Stop the
Steal" movement, election interference and cyber threats to voting,
voting by mail (and the backlash against it), voting reforms and
ranked-choice voting, and the Supreme Court 2019 ruling on
gerrymandering. It will also include new data on voter
participation, voter fraud, reapportionment post-2020 census, party
polarization, campaign finance, and more. Given the fragility of
our election process, what are the threats to a healthy American
democracy? Do the candidates with the most money always win? This
is not simply a book on how campaigns are run, but why campaigns
and elections are integral components of American democracy and how
those fundamental elements may be vulnerable to misuse.
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