Why do we still have the electoral college?:
"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 lose...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England
Harvard University Press
2020
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| Zusammenfassung: | "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. Reasons include the tendency of political parties to elevate partisan advantage above democratic values, the difficulty of passing constitutional amendments, and, especially, the impulse to preserve white supremacy in the South, which led to the region's prolonged backing of the Electoral College. The most common explanation-that small states have blocked reform for fear of losing influence-has only occasionally been true. Keyssar examines why reform of the Electoral College has received so little attention from Congress for the last forty years, as well as alternatives to congressional action such as the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and state efforts to eliminate winner-take-all. In analyzing the reasons for past failures while showing how close the nation has come to abolishing the institution, Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? offers encouragement to those hoping to produce change in the twenty-first century"-- |
| Beschreibung: | 531 Seiten Diagramm |
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| spelling | Keyssar, Alexander Verfasser (DE-588)170232018 aut Why do we still have the electoral college? Alexander Keyssar Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England Harvard University Press 2020 531 Seiten Diagramm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Part I. Origins: From the Constitution to the Twelfth Amendment -- Part II. The long fight against winner-take-all: Electoral reform in the era of good feelings -- Three uneasy pieces: the persistence of winner-take-all -- Part III. A national popular vote -- "A population anomalous" and a national popular vote, 1800- -- An idea whose time has come -- Last call for the twentieth century -- Part IV. Stalemate: Resignation and innovation, 1979- "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. Reasons include the tendency of political parties to elevate partisan advantage above democratic values, the difficulty of passing constitutional amendments, and, especially, the impulse to preserve white supremacy in the South, which led to the region's prolonged backing of the Electoral College. The most common explanation-that small states have blocked reform for fear of losing influence-has only occasionally been true. Keyssar examines why reform of the Electoral College has received so little attention from Congress for the last forty years, as well as alternatives to congressional action such as the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and state efforts to eliminate winner-take-all. In analyzing the reasons for past failures while showing how close the nation has come to abolishing the institution, Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? offers encouragement to those hoping to produce change in the twenty-first century"-- Geschichte 1800-2020 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Wähler (DE-588)4064144-2 gnd rswk-swf Präsident (DE-588)4115611-0 gnd rswk-swf Wahlmann (DE-588)4188921-6 gnd rswk-swf Wahlrechtsreform (DE-588)4188932-0 gnd rswk-swf Wahlsystem (DE-588)4139210-3 gnd rswk-swf Präsidentenwahl (DE-588)4047020-9 gnd rswk-swf Electoral college (DE-588)4451841-9 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf Electoral college / United States / History Presidents / United States / Election / History Election law / United States / History Voting / United States / History United States / Politics and government Election law Electoral college Politics and government Presidents / Election Voting United States History USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Wähler (DE-588)4064144-2 s Geschichte z DE-604 Präsident (DE-588)4115611-0 s Präsidentenwahl (DE-588)4047020-9 s Wahlsystem (DE-588)4139210-3 s Electoral college (DE-588)4451841-9 s Geschichte 1800-2020 z Wahlmann (DE-588)4188921-6 s Wahlrechtsreform (DE-588)4188932-0 s |
| spellingShingle | Keyssar, Alexander Why do we still have the electoral college? Part I. Origins: From the Constitution to the Twelfth Amendment -- Part II. The long fight against winner-take-all: Electoral reform in the era of good feelings -- Three uneasy pieces: the persistence of winner-take-all -- Part III. A national popular vote -- "A population anomalous" and a national popular vote, 1800- -- An idea whose time has come -- Last call for the twentieth century -- Part IV. Stalemate: Resignation and innovation, 1979- Wähler (DE-588)4064144-2 gnd Präsident (DE-588)4115611-0 gnd Wahlmann (DE-588)4188921-6 gnd Wahlrechtsreform (DE-588)4188932-0 gnd Wahlsystem (DE-588)4139210-3 gnd Präsidentenwahl (DE-588)4047020-9 gnd Electoral college (DE-588)4451841-9 gnd |
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