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Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America
Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America
Author: George C. Edwards III
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 Yo...  more »“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

ISBN-13: 9780300109689
ISBN-10: 0300109687
Publication Date: 9/7/2005
Pages: 278
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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