Why the Electoral College is Bad for America
- ISBN-10
- 0300109687
- ISBN-13
- 9780300109689
- Series
- Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-05-12
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Author
- George C. Edwards
Description
A distinguished political scientist critiques arguments in favor of the electoral college and offers a persuasive argument for direct election of the president. “[With] excellent descriptions of how the electoral system actually works, [this] is the most cogent and up-todate criticism I have read.”—Alexander Keyssar, New York Review of Books “This crisp handbook . . . outlines the origins of the electoral college . . . and demonstrates the many ways it violates democratic norms.”—New Yorker “Timely [and] relevant. . . . [Edwards’s] principal lines of argument deserve extensive debate in both the news media and the Congress.”—Lewis H. Lapham, Harper’s “Compelling . . . [and] meticulous.”—Glenn C. Altschuler, New York Observer
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