Smith, Erin Geiger

Thank you for voting : the maddening, enlightening, inspiring truth about voting in America / Erin Geiger Smith. - First Harper paperbacks edition - xvi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How we got the vote. Democracy in name only ; Long-suffering for women's suffrage ; Voting problems and voting solutions -- How to get people to vote. Transforming non-voters into voters ; Making voting their business ; Thank you for voting -- Know before you vote. Gerrymandering: over the line? ; Knowing the news is real ; Understanding polling ; Explaining the Electoral College -- Thank you for voting : a checklist -- Thank you for voting: tell your friends.

"A concise, lively look at voting in America, including insights into why so few Americans today vote and innovative ways to educate and motivate them - updated with a new epilogue analyzing the 2020 election." --supplied by the publisher.

9780062934833 006293483X

2021279646


Elections--United States.
Voting--United States.
Political participation--Social aspects--United States.
Elections.
Political participation--Social aspects.
Voting.


United States.


Instructional and educational works.
Instructional and educational works.

JK1967 / S646t 2020

324.973