TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROLOGUE         The Landscape of Post-Democracy

PART ONE           GEOGRAPHY IS DESTINY

Chapter One          "A House Divided…"
Chapter Two           Ex Uno Plures:  "One System, Two Nations"
Chapter Three         The Technology of Democracy

PART TWO          THE PEOPLE’S CONGRESS?

Chapter Four          The People's House
Chapter Five           Behind Closed Doors:  The Recurring Plague of Redistricting
Chapter Six             The Gravity of the Prize
Chapter Seven        Worse than Winner Take All:  Affirmative Action for Low-Population States

PART THREE       THE DEATH OF DISCOURSE

Chapter Eight           Of Pollsters-geists and Consultants:  The Mad Science of Winner Take All Campaigns
Chapter Nine           The Wizards Behind the Curtain
Chapter Ten            The Winner Take All Media: The Fourth Estate Sells Out
Chapter Eleven        Caught Between a Poll and a Hard Focus Group:  The Loss of Political Ideas

PART FOUR         MAJORITY RULE? OR MAJORITY FOOLED?

Chapter Twelve       Winner Take All Policy: Where the Majority Does Not Always Rule
Chapter Thirteen      The Roller Coaster Policy Ride of Winner Take All
Chapter Fourteen     The Gatekeepers of Winner Take All
Chapter Fifteen        "Winner Takes Nothing"

EPILOGUE            Toward "E Pluribus Unum"


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