Ratf**ked

This article is about the 2016 book about US Republican gerrymandering by David Daley. For for the past tense of the American slang term for political sabotage around elections, see Ratfucking.

Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy is a 2016 book by David Daley^[1][2] that discusses efforts by Republican political operatives, including Karl Rove, Ed Gillespie and Chris Jankowski, to exploit redistricting processes around the United States in order to gain greater control of the American Congress, under a project called REDMAP.^[3] Daley describes the effects on six states: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin.^[4] Daley was the editor-in-chief of the online publication Salon.^[5]

Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy

First edition
Author	David Daley
Language	English
Subject	Gerrymandering in the United States
Genre	Nonfiction
Publisher	Liveright Publishing Corporation/W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date	2016
Publication place	United States
Pages	256
OCLC	1005838868

Reception

Ratf**ked received largely positive reviews. Alex Wagner of The New York Times called it "disheartening and enraging in equal measure—and also occasionally dull";^[4] Elizabeth Kolbert of The New Yorker called it "compelling";^[3] Elizabeth Drew of The New York Review of Books called it "sobering and convincing";^[6] and Julian E. Zelizer of The Washington Post described it as an "eye-opening tour of a process that many Americans never see" but also called it "punchy, though overstated."^[7][2]

See also

• Gill v. Whitford
• Slay the Dragon (2019 documentary)