Democracy in One Book or Less : How It Works, Why It Doesn't, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think - David Litt

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Democracy in One Book or Less

How It Works, Why It Doesn't, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think

By: David Litt

eBook | 17 January 2024

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New York Times**-Bestselling Author: "Brings Dave Barry-style humor to an illuminating book on what is wrong with American democracy—and how to put it right." —The Washington Post**

The democracy you live in today is different—completely different—from the democracy you were born into. You probably don't realize just how radically your republic has been altered during your lifetime. Yet more than any policy issue, political trend, or even Donald Trump himself, our redesigned system of government is responsible for the peril America faces today.

What explains the gap between what We, the People want and what our elected leaders do? How can we fix our politics before it's too late? And how can we truly understand the state of our democracy without wanting to crawl under a rock? That's what former Obama speechwriter David Litt set out to answer. Poking into forgotten corners of history, translating political science into plain English, and traveling the country to meet experts and activists, Litt explains how the world's greatest experiment in democracy went awry.

(He also tries to crash a party at Mitch McConnell's former frat house. It goes poorly.)

The result is something you might not have thought possible: an unexpectedly funny page-turner about the political process. You'll meet the Supreme Court justice charged with murder, learn how James Madison's college roommate broke the Senate, encounter a citrus thief who embodies what's wrong with our elections, and join Belle the bill as she tries to become a law (a quest far more harrowing than the one in Schoolhouse Rock!).

Yet despite his clear-eyed assessment of the dangers we face, Litt remains audaciously optimistic. He offers a to-do list of bold yet achievable changes—a blueprint for restoring the balance of power in America.

"In the book's strongest contribution, Litt shows how radically our democracy has been altered in recent decades . . . [making] the case that nearly all of these negative trends are occurring by design." —The Washington Post

"Wry, quickly readable, yet informed." —The Atlantic

"Equal parts how-to, historical, and hilarious." —Keegan-Michael Key

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“Hilarious and incisive. If you want to understand what happened to America and how to change it, Democracy in One Book or Less will make you laugh and think, all at the same time.”
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