Why the electoral college is bad for America / / George C. Edwards, III ; foreword by Neal R. Peirce
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Edwards George C
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| Titolo: |
Why the electoral college is bad for America / / George C. Edwards, III ; foreword by Neal R. Peirce
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| Pubblicazione: | New Haven, Conn., : Yale University Press, c2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 324.6/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Electoral college - United States |
| Presidents - United States - Election | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""Foreword by Neal R. Peirce""; ""Preface""; ""1 How the Electoral College Works""; ""2 The Electoral College and Political Equality""; ""3 Contingent Elections""; ""4 The Origins of the Electoral College""; ""5 Protecting Interests""; ""6 Maintaining Cohesion""; ""7 Conclusion""; ""Appendix A U.S. Constitutional Provisions Relating to the Election of the President""; ""Appendix B Comparison of State Population and Electoral Votes""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Americans currently choose their president through the electoral college, an extraordinarily complex mechanism that may elect a candidate who does not receive the most votes. In this provocative book, George Edwards III argues that-contrary to what supporters of the electoral college claim-there is no real justification for a system that might violate majority rule. Drawing on systematic data, Edwards finds that the electoral college does not protect the interests of small states or racial minorities, does not provide presidents with effective coalitions for governing, and does little to protect the American polity from the alleged harms of direct election of the president. In fact, the electoral college distorts the presidential campaign so that candidates ignore most small states and some large ones and pay little attention to minorities, and it encourages third parties to run presidential candidates and discourages party competition in many states. Edwards demonstrates effectively that direct election of the president without a runoff maximizes political equality and eliminates the distortions in the political system caused by the electoral college. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Why the electoral college is bad for America |
| ISBN: | 1-281-72292-8 |
| 9786611722920 | |
| 0-300-13361-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819723603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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