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092 _a324.973
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aHasen, Richard L.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aElection meltdown :
_bdirty tricks, distrust, and the threat to American democracy /
_cRichard L. Hasen.
264 1 _aNew Haven :
_bYale University Press,
_c[2020]
264 4 _c©2020
300 _axi, 187 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"As the 2020 presidential campaign begins to take shape, there is widespread distrust of the fairness and accuracy of American elections. In this timely and accessible book, Richard L. Hasen uses riveting stories illustrating four factors increasing the mistrust. Voter suppression has escalated as a Republican tool aimed to depress turnout of likely Democratic voters, fueling suspicion. Pockets of incompetence in election administration, often in large cities controlled by Democrats, have created an opening to claims of unfairness. Old-fashioned and new-fangled dirty tricks, including foreign and domestic misinformation campaigns via social media, threaten electoral integrity. Inflammatory rhetoric about "stolen" elections supercharges distrust among hardcore partisans. Taking into account how each of these threats has manifested in recent years--most notably in the 2016 and 2018 elections--Hasen offers concrete steps that need to be taken to restore trust in American elections before the democratic process is completely undermined."--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 139-179) and index.
505 0 0 _tThe new voting wars --
_tThe icicle --
_tThe weakest link --
_tDirty tricks --
_t"Stolen" --
_tSurviving 2020 and beyond.
650 0 _aElections
_zUnited States.
_9145165
650 0 _aVoting
_zUnited States.
_9274177
650 0 _aElections
_xCorrupt practices
_zUnited States.
_981892
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y2017-
_9336441
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zUnited States.
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