Try to Steal an Election

Most stolen elections happen before a single ballot is cast.

These tactics have helped decide American elections for 150 years.

Each game illustrates when and how these tactics have been used throughout American history.

Do you have what it takes to steal an election?

0 of 5 ways used to steal elections

Weight the Votes

The map starts out fair in 1900, districts equally populated. Then freeze it while the cities grow, and make one rural vote worth a hundred urban ones.

Chapter 7 · Malapportionment

Rig the Map

Turn 40% of the vote into a majority of the seats. Crack and pack your opponents until the lines do the winning for you.

Chapter 7 · Gerrymandering

Capture the Count

Don't flip the ballots, flip the people who count them. Sit on the board, "investigate," and refuse to certify.

Chapter 10 · The Next Stolen Election

Shrink the Electorate

Poll taxes, literacy tests, "show your papers," thrown-out ballots. Decide who's allowed to vote, and whose vote counts.

Chapters 5 & 9 · Voter Suppression

Weaponize the Courts

When all else fails, win 5–4. From 1876 to Bush v. Gore, the last move is often a judge's signature.

Chapters 1 & 6 · 1876 and Bush v. Gore

★ Final Stage

See the pattern

You've learned the moves. Now watch the same five plays repeat across every stolen election from 1876 to today.