Stories by David Daley

David Daley is the author of Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count (Norton), now available in paperback. subscribe to David Daley's feed

ALEC's Scary Plan For Electing Your Senators

Posted on: Jul 22, 2017, Source: AlterNet

The radical right is intent on destroying democracy as we know it.

Princeton Professor Outlines the Simple Math Test That Might Save American Democracy

Posted on: May 12, 2017, Source: FairVote

Could there be a solution to partisan gerrymandering? A conversation with Sam Wang.

Why Is the NYT Ignoring One of the Biggest Political Realities in America?

Posted on: Sep 13, 2016, Source: Salon

Why is the Times denying reality? The GOP's 2011 redistricting means Dems have no chance of taking back the House.

Why Republicans Will Keep the House in November

Posted on: Aug 11, 2016, Source: BillMoyers.com

The GOP's modern and masterful new way of using the oldest trick in the book – the gerrymander – means there's virtually no chance Democrats will gain control of the House come November.

How the GOP’s Cynical Election Strategy Is Imploding

Posted on: Aug 2, 2016, Source: BillMoyers.com

The court stopped just short of calling the Republican legislators who crafted the voting restriction laws racist.

Ratf**cked: How Chris Jankowski Turned the Electoral Map Bright Red Until 2020

Posted on: Jun 23, 2016, Source: Liveright

It’s legal, it’s breathtaking, and much of it happened in plain sight. The Democratic majority was ratfucked.

How Inbred Elites Are Tearing America Apart

Posted on: Jun 26, 2013, Source: Salon

MSNBC's anchor Chris Hayes pins Iraq, the economy, Katrina and more on elites — says we all must get radicalized now.

Grover Norquist Warns Dems, GOP: Anti-Tax Pledge Will Hold

Posted on: Nov 25, 2012, Source: Salon

The anti-tax zealot says Republicans will not cave, and won't be fooled by Democrats into raising taxes.

Nate Silver: The Polls Aren’t Wrong

Posted on: Sep 30, 2012, Source: Salon

Bias? The stats guru who nailed the 2008 election tells Salon it's very hard for this many surveys to all be off.