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