- 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


Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?
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Publication Date: 07/31/2020