Democracy in One Book or Less

Former Obama speechwriter and New York Times bestselling author of Thanks, Obama, David Litt, takes a road trip across the country to learn more about how our democracy works and what holds it together.

After five years at the highest levels of American government, David Litt thought he understood how our republic works. Then came President Trump.

On Inauguration Day 2017, the former Obama speechwriter had a realization: his relationship to his democracy was about the same as his relationship to his aging Subaru. When everything ran smoothly, driving was second nature. But when the machine broke down, he had only the vaguest idea of which parts weren't working. He certainly didn't know enough to repair them. So Litt made a promise: he was going to get under the hood of our democracy—to figure out how our system of government really works, why it really doesn't, and how We, the People, can fix it.

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