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The age of voter rage

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  • Author: Nanos, Nik
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    2019
    Summary:

    Democracy is becoming a toxic environment, rife with trolls, bots, fake news and computational propaganda. Why, and what can be done? In this highly informative, engaging and readable book, Canada's lead pollster and data expert Nik Nanos gives an insider's look into the surprise outcomes that favoured Trump, Trudeau, and Macron, along with the Brexit and UK election votes. Nanos asserts that it is more the tyranny of small numbers fuelled by economic anxiety than a massive populist wave. We are in a new era, where the margins wield the power for change and no outcome can be certain. Welcome to the age of voter rage. 2018.

    Contents:
    • How Donald Trump drop-kicked Washington's solar plexus
    • Newest Canadian path to victory: Kill 'em with kindness
    • What UK independance leader Nigel Farage has in common with a Montana park ranger: You have to burn the forest to save it
    • I'd like my election shaken, not stirred: How the age margins squeezed the May Tories
    • L'État c'est moi: How a Rothschild banker smashed France's party system
    • Are polls really for the dogs? How to read them like a pro
    • Age of voter rage top ten: What did we learn?
    • Trolls, bots and computational propaganda: How democracy is being rewired
    • Concluding thoughts
    • Political timelines.
    Original Publisher: London : Eyewear Publishing, 2018, Toronto, Center for Equitable Library Access
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781911335665, 9780616994504, 0616994508