Reasons to Vote for Democrats

Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide is a book which claims to be the "most exhaustively researched and coherently argued Democrat Party apologia to date" but consists of 266 mostly blank pages, or 256 according to the Los Angeles Times.[1] The book's author is Michael J. Knowles, host of "The Michael Knowles Show" on the conservative news website The Daily Wire. It became the number one best-selling book on Amazon.com.[2][3]

Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide
AuthorMichael J. Knowles
GenreSatire
PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
February 8, 2017
Pages266
ISBN978-1-5430-2497-5

Critic Roger Kimball wrote a long review in The Weekly Standard, asserting that "Knowles has matched matter and message with rare economy" and that "it is for the substance of his analysis that Knowles's study will be remembered." [4]

On April 17, 2017, President Donald Trump mentioned the book on Twitter, calling it "a great book for your reading enjoyment."[5][6][7]

References
  1. Michael Schaub. "Donald Trump plugs a book called 'Reasons to Vote for Democrats' on Twitter. But there's a catch". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 February 2018. The 256-page book
  2. "Amazon bestseller 'Reasons to Vote for Democrats' is a book of empty pages". The Hill. March 9, 2017.
  3. "Reasons to vote for Democrats tops Amazon bestseller list". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. Kimball, Roger (16 April 2017). "Shooting Blanks". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  5. Tani, Maxwell (April 17, 2017). "Trump trolls Democrats, promoting a book with 260 blank pages called 'Reasons to Vote for Democrats'". Business Insider. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  6. Wagner, John (April 17, 2017). "Trump plugs 'Reasons to Vote for Democrats' book filled with blank pages". Washington Post. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  7. Kean, Danuta (18 April 2017). "Empty satire: the regrettable rise of blank-paged books in the Trump era". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2018.


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