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Title Statement | Why do we still have the electoral college? / Alexander Keyssar. |
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Author | Keyssar, Alexander |
Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press,2020. |
Extent of Item | 531 pages |
ISBN | 9780674660151 0674660153 |
Other Number | 3911226 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index. |
Summary | "The author of the Pulitzer finalist The Right to Vote explains the enduring problem of an controversial institution: the Electoral College. Every four years, millions of Americans wonder why they choose their presidents through the Electoral College, an arcane institution that permits the loser of the popular vote to become president and narrows campaigns to swing states. Most Americans would prefer a national popular vote, and Congress has attempted on many occasions to alter or scuttle the Electoral College. Several of these efforts--one as recently as 1970--came very close to winning approval. Yet this controversial system remains. Alexander Keyssar explains its persistence. After tracing the Electoral College's tangled origins at the Constitutional Convention, he explores the efforts from 1800 to 2019 to abolish or significantly reform it, showing why each has thus far failed"--Provided by publisher. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Voting--History--United States |
Election law--History--United States | |
Presidents--Election--History--United States | |
Electoral college--History--United States | |
By Location | United States--Politics and government |