02705cam a2200313 i 4500 567532071 TxAuBib 20220816120000.0 211122s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021050744 9780593315866 HRD 30.00 0593315863 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Seabrook, Nicholas R., author One person, one vote. One person, one vote [BOOK] : a surprising history of gerrymandering in America / Nick Seabrook. First edition. New York : Pantheon Books, [2022] 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-343) and index. Introduction : a uniquely American problem -- The first gerrymander -- James Madison's Henrymander -- Revenge of the Whigs -- Honest Abe stacks the states -- Frankfurter's political thicket -- Echoes of slavery -- A blue tide in the Golden State -- The prisoner's dilemma -- Win one for the Whizzer -- The handshake deal -- Hollow hope -- Conclusion : if you can keep it. Nick Seabrook,an authority on constitutional and election law and an expert on gerrymandering (pronounced with a hard ‘G’!), begins before our nation’s founding, with the rigging of American elections for partisan and political gain and the election meddling of George Burrington, the colonial governor of North Carolina, in retaliation against his critics. The author writes of Patrick Henry, who used redistricting to settle an old score with political foe and fellow Founding Father James Madison (almost preventing the Bill of Rights from happening), and of Elbridge Gerry, the Massachusetts governor from whose name “gerrymander” derives. One Person, One Vote explores the rise of the most partisan gerry­manders in American history, put in place by the Republican Party after the 2010 census. We see how the battle has shifted to the states via REDMAP—the GOP’s successful strategy to control state governments and rig the results of state legislative and congressional elections over the past decade. Seabrook makes clear that a vast new redistricting is already here, and that to safeguard our republic, action is needed before it is too late. Provided by publisher. 20220816. Gerrymandering United States History. Apportionment (Election law) United States History. State governments United States.