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The South as a conscious minority, 1789-1861; a study in political thought / by Carpenter, Jesse T.(Jesse Thomas),1899-1986.(CARDINAL)358893;
Bibliography: pages 261-297.
Subjects: Confederate States of America.; Constitutional history; Proportional representation.; Old State Library Collection.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Kill switch : the rise of the modern Senate and the crippling of American democracy / by Jentleson, Adam,author.(CARDINAL)846849;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-300) and index.Introduction: The little harm thesis -- Rise of the filibuster. Birth of a notion ; "Victorious in the midst of unbroken defeats" ; Dawn of the supermajority ; An idea whose time has come -- Tyranny of the minority. The superminority ; Outside in ; Means of control ; What it takes ; The uniter -- Conclusion: How to save the Senate."An insider's account of how politicians representing a radical minority of Americans are using "the greatest deliberative body in the world" to hijack our democracy. Every major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the US Senate, yet the Senate allows an almost exclusively white, predominantly male, and radically conservative minority of the American electorate to impose its will on the rest of us. How did we get to this point? In Kill Switch, Adam Jentleson argues that shifting demographics alone cannot explain how Mitch McConnell harnessed the Senate and turned it into a powerful weapon of minority rule. As Jentleson shows, since the 1950s, a free-flowing body of relative equals has devolved into a rigidly hierarchical, polarized institution, with both Democrats and Republicans to blame. The current GOP has merely used the methods pioneered by its predecessors, though to newly extreme ends. In a work for readers of How Democracies Die and even Master of the Senate, Jentleson makes clear that, without a reevaluation of Senate practices--starting with ending the filibuster--we face the prospect of permanent minority rule in America"--
Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate.; Representative government and representation; Proportional representation; Democracy; Filibusters (Political science);
Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 20
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White rural rage : the threat to American democracy / by Schaller, Thomas F.,author.(CARDINAL)534253; Waldman, Paul,author.(CARDINAL)666506;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-285) and index.Prologue: Small towns, big trouble -- Essential minority, existential threat -- Rural ruin -- The greatest political hand ever dealt -- Cultures at war -- The unlikely king of rural America -- Conditional patriots -- Race and rurality -- Despair, distraction, disillusionment, and democratic decline."It's an open secret that voters in smaller, less populous states have more electoral power than their urban counterparts, so why are these same voters the most eager to leave behind democratic principles? In Held Hostage, political scientists Thomas Schaller and Paul Waldman explore why, with all of this extra influence, these same voters fail to see real benefits, for instance suffering worse health and education outcomes than larger states, and why they are the most likely to rage against the democratic project the moment elections stop going their way. This is the patriotic paradox of rural America: The rural citizens who take such pride in their patriotism are least likely to defend core American principles, even when the system itself is set up in their favor. If the commitment to American democracy of this exalted minority crumbles, can the US itself survive? Thanks to the extra weight smaller states enjoy, the past two Republican presidents entered the White House despite losing the popular vote. Senate malapportionment is even worse. By 2040, just 30 percent of the population, concentrated in smaller and more rural states, will elect 70 senators. This skewed dynamic is already changing policy outcomes--scuttling nationally popular bills in the Senate and distorting the balance of the courts--but there's a puzzling contradiction inherent in this rural privilege. Voters there believe the nation has failed them, and to some degree, they're right. With on-the-ground reporting from five very different rural counties spread across the country, Held Hostage offers unique insights into how the struggles and resentments of rural people ripple out to determine the kind of country we all live in. Schaller and Waldman critique the structures in place that have led to this imbalance, but they also provocatively criticize rural voters and states themselves for the choices they've made on behalf of themselves and the country. And, they point the way toward a political reimagining that would not only offer a better future for rural people, but make it possible for rural America to stop dragging the rest of the country down"--
Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate.; Proportional representation; Rural population; Rural-urban relations; Democracy;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 24
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Ratf**ked : the true story behind the secret plan to steal America's democracy / by Daley, David(Editor-in-chief),author.(CARDINAL)413836;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.The mastermind: "It will take years to recover" -- Pennsylvania: "So this wasn't a personal attack" -- North Carolina: truly space-age software -- Maptitude: "Donald Duck kicking Goofy" -- Michigan: a garbage dump is the cherry on top -- Ohio: "A small carve out down 77 in Canton" -- Democrats: "They just whistled past the graveyard" -- Florida: "Tampa is far from perfect" -- Wisconsin: "They put my district in a woodchipper" -- Iowa: the redistricting unicorn -- Arizona: "You can't get any more partisan than this" -- A theorem to detect ratfucking.With Barack Obama's historic election in 2008, pundits proclaimed the Republicans as dead as the Whigs of yesteryear. Yet even as Democrats swooned, a small cadre of Republican operatives, including Karl Rove, Ed Gillespie, and Chris Jankowski began plotting their comeback with a simple yet ingenious plan. These men had devised a way to take a tradition of dirty tricks-known to political insiders as "ratf**king"-to a whole new, unprecedented level. Flooding state races with a gold rush of dark money made possible by Citizens United, the Republicans reshaped state legislatures, where the power to redistrict is held. Reconstructing this never- told-before story, David Daley examines the far-reaching effects of this so-called REDMAP program, which has radically altered America's electoral map and created a firewall in the House, insulating the party and its wealthy donors from popular democracy. "Ratf**ked" pulls back the curtain on one of the greatest heists in American political history.
Subjects: Apportionment (Election law); Apportionment (Election law); Proportional representation; Election districts;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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2010 Census redistricting data (Public Law 94-171). 2010 Census of population and housing : technical documentation. by United States.Economics and Statistics Administration.(CARDINAL)275203; U.S. Census Bureau.(CARDINAL)267070;
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Statistics.; United States. Congress; Demographic surveys; Housing; Households; Election districts; Apportionment (Election law); Proportional representation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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U.S. intervention in British Guiana : a Cold War story / by Rabe, Stephen G.(CARDINAL)521827;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index.British Guiana, 1831-1953 -- Imperial adjustments, 1953-1960 -- Covert intervention, 1961-1962 -- Proportional representation, 1963-1964 -- Guyana, 1965-1969.
Subjects: United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Subversive activities; Cold War.;
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Que es la regla de la mayoria? / by Turner, Joshua,author.(CARDINAL)803666; Sarfatti, Esther,translator.(CARDINAL)650780;
Examina cómo el gobierno de la mayoría puede convertirse en la "tiranía de la mayoría" y por qué se debe proteger a la minoría, explicando que la decisión de la mayoría no siempre es apropiada y que tener una opinión minoritaria siempre es importante. --Examines how majority rule can turn into the "tyranny of the majority" and why the minority should be protected, explaining that the majority decision is not always appropriate and that having a minority opinion is always important.7-9.2-4.
Subjects: Democracy; Majorities; Minorities; Proportional representation; Spanish language.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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National municipal review. by National Municipal League.(CARDINAL)143786;
Absorbed: Equity in Aug. 1919; Short ballot bulletin in 1920; Proportional representation review in May 1932.Vols. 1-6 include the proceedings of the 17th-22d annual meeting of the National Municipal League, previously included in the Proceedings of the Conference for Good City Government.
Subjects: Periodicals.; Municipal government;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Why cities lose : the deep roots of the urban-rural political divide / by Rodden, Jonathan,author.(CARDINAL)811558;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Geography and the dilemma of the left -- The long shadow of the industrial revolution -- From workers' parties to urban parties -- Urban form and voting -- What is wrong with the Pennsylvania Democrats? -- Political geography and the representation of Democrats -- Political geography and the battle for the soul of the left -- Proportional representation and the road not taken -- The end of the dilemma?"A [...] political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyond. Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the same states' legislatures? Many place exclusive blame on partisan gerrymandering and voter suppression. But as political scientist Jonathan A. Rodden demonstrates in Why Cities Lose, the left's electoral challenges have deeper roots in economic and political geography. In the late nineteenth century, support for the left began to cluster in cities among the industrial working class. Today, left-wing parties have become coalitions of diverse urban interest groups, from racial minorities to the creative class. These parties win big in urban districts but struggle to capture the suburban and rural seats necessary for legislative majorities. A bold new interpretation of today's urban-rural political conflict, Why Cities Lose also points to electoral reforms that could address the left's under-representation while reducing urban-rural polarization." --
Subjects: Democratic Party (U.S.); Electoral geography; Cities and towns; Voting research; Right and left (Political science); Representative government and representation;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The electoral college / by Corso, Phil,author.(CARDINAL)803911;
What's the Electoral College? -- The founders' college -- Electors' role in U.S. Democracy -- Even this college has rules -- College by the numbers -- "Proportional representation" -- When electors elect -- Who elects the electors? -- What can't they do? -- When electors aren't enough -- When the Electoral College failed -- Why people like the college -- Why people don't like the college -- Can it be improved?"The Electoral College is the body of people who elect the president and vice president of the United States. Many U.S. citizens are confused by this system, which dates back to the creation of the U.S. Constitution. When citizens vote for a presidential candidate, they're actually voting for an elector -- someone who will cast a vote for their state for that candidate in the Electoral College. This system is a controversial subject in American politics. In this book, primary sources and informative sidebars lend historical context to help young readers understand this essential aspect of U.S. presidential elections"--Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Electoral college; Presidents; Elections; Voting; Presidents; Elections;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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