Let the people pick the president : the case for abolishing the Electoral College / Jesse Wegman.
Publisher's description: A radical spirit of change has overtaken American politics, making once-unthinkable reforms-like abolishing the Electoral College-seem possible. Two of the last five elections were won by candidates who lost the popular vote, calling the integrity of the entire electora...
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-286) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a A more perfect union -- Did the Founders fear democracy? -- The fraught origins of the Electoral College -- Did the Electoral College ever really work? -- The second founding -- One person, one vote -- Setting the record straight, part one : common Electoral College myths -- The national popular vote interstate compact -- Setting the record straight, part two : common popular vote myths -- Imagining a national popular vote. | |
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