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Thank you for voting : the maddening, enlightening, inspiring truth about voting in America / Erin Geiger Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Erin Geiger, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections--United States.
- Elections.
- Political participation--Social aspects.
- Political participation.
- United States.
- Voting--United States.
- Voting.
- Political participation--Social aspects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
- Summary:
- "In this concise, lively look at the past, present, and future of voting, a journalist examines the long and continuing fight for voting equality, why so few Americans today vote, and innovative ways to educate and motivate them; included are checklists of what to do before election day to prepare to vote and encourage others."
- Contents:
- Part 1 How We Got the Vote
- Chapter 2 Democracy in Name Only p. 3
- Chapter 2 Long-Suffering for Women's Suffrage p. 23
- Chapter 3 Voting Problems and Voting Solutions p. 45
- Part 2 How to Get People to Vote
- Chapter 4 Transforming Non-Voters into Voters p. 73
- Chapter 5 Making Voting Their Business p. 95
- Chapter 6 Thank You for Voting p. 109
- Part 3 Know Before You Vote
- Chapter 7 Gerrymandering: Over the Line? p. 127
- Chapter 8 Knowing the News Is Real p. 145
- Chapter 9 Understanding Polling p. 163
- Chapter 10 Explaining the Electoral College p. 175.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780062934826
- 0062934821
- OCLC:
- 1121053767
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