Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?

Alexander Keyssar

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$35.00 • £28.95 • €31.50

ISBN 9780674660151

Publication Date: 07/31/2020

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544 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Introduction
I. Origins
- 1. From the Constitution to the Twelfth Amendment
II. The Long Struggle to Abolish Winner-Take-All
- 2. Electoral Reform in the Era of Good Feelings
- 3. Three Uneasy Pieces, 1870–1960
III. A National Popular Vote
- 4 “A Population Anomalous” and a National Popular Vote, 1800–1960
- 5. An Idea Whose Time Has Come
- 6. Last Call for the Twentieth Century
IV. Partisan Stalemate and Electoral Misfires
- 7. Pessimism and Innovation, 1980–2020
Conclusion
Appendix A. Public Opinion Polls
Appendix B. Constitutional Provisions for Presidential Elections
Appendix C. The Evolution of the Term Electoral College
Abbreviations
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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