Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?:

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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1. Verfasser: Keyssar, Alexander (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2020]
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (512 pages)
ISBN:9780674974104
DOI:10.4159/9780674974104