Why do we still have the electoral college? / Alexander Keyssar.
The Electoral College has always been controversial. A compromise measure from day one, it has been a target of reformers in Congress since the early 1800s. Why has it persisted? Alexander Keyssar catalogs the many serious efforts to change the system, explains why they failed, and surveys the optio...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2020.
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| Summary: | The Electoral College has always been controversial. A compromise measure from day one, it has been a target of reformers in Congress since the early 1800s. Why has it persisted? Alexander Keyssar catalogs the many serious efforts to change the system, explains why they failed, and surveys the options for achieving a more democratic national vote. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (531 pages) : illustration. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674974107 9780674974104 9780674974142 067497414X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 28, 2020) |