David Daley

Never has a non-fiction book infuriated me as much as this book has. It was a real eye opener in the problem that is gerrymandering in America.

To learn that a party as a whole conspired to and executed a plan to take over the American government, and more importantly, succeeding at doing so should leave any true American seeing red.

Project Redmap usurped our nation, and threw the ideals of our forefathers under the bus for the sake of gaining power.

I urge everyone to get this book, read it, then read it again. See what politicians have done in our country. Not for what they believe in, not for doing what was right, but to quote the guy who came up with the plan:

"I'd rather it be us than them".… (mere)

Basically, Daley walks us through the manipulation of census and voting data by political operatives in order to create safe electoral districts for one party or another. It is important but I wish Daley were a more nuanced reporter. He does nod at the bipartisan history of gerrymandering but his passion is convicting Republicans (whom I am not) of underhanded and probably unconstitutional skullduggery. Part of my dissatisfaction with this book is that the stories he tells are old news to anyone who follows politics and has tried to understand what happened in November 2016 or how the Republicans took control of so many state legislatures. It's all been reported before folks.… (mere)

If you really want to know one of the main causes of the dysfunction in Congress in the last 6 years, this book spills the beans quite well. It goes by the name "gerrymandering," and the most gerrymandered districts ever were the result of redistricting done in states with GOP majorities after the midterm 2010 elections.

In states where this occurred, even when the statewide vote was majority Democrat, an overwhelming majority of seats went to Republicans. According to the author, this imbalanced situation will likely persist for some time to come, thus depriving the majority of voters appropriate representation. Some solutions are offered, but the outlook for the foreseeable future is bleak, barring some unforeseen political upheaval.… (mere)