Taming The Electoral College

Author : Robert W. Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781503625976
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming the Electoral College written by Robert W. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taming the Electoral College explores poorly understood aspects of the electoral college, including two possibilities in particular that could pose the most serious danger for American democracy. These are, first, determination of the president by "faithless electors" who ignore the popular vote in their states, and, second, choice of the president in the House of Representatives, which is required if no electoral college majority votes in favor of a single candidate. In any given election, neither of these outcomes is likely, but the 2000 election showed that we would do well to take both of them seriously and take action now to prevent them from occurring. Both possibilities could be dealt with by constitutional amendment, but amendment is difficult to achieve, particularly as it bears on the electoral college process. This engaging book instead offers nonconstitutional solutions to the two possibilities, as well as to a variety of other problems that lurk in the shadows of the electoral college process. It also offers a way to work toward popular election of the president without a constitutional amendment.

Author : Robert William Bennett
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804754101
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taming the Electoral College written by Robert William Bennett and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the history and weaknesses of the electoral college and proposes reforms that could be made to our electoral process without a constitutional amendment.

Author : Alexander Keyssar
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674278592
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? written by Alexander Keyssar and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Statesman Book of the Year “America’s greatest historian of democracy now offers an extraordinary history of the most bizarre aspect of our representative democracy—the electoral college...This is a brilliant contribution to a critical current debate, just in time to help guide effective reform.” —Lawrence Lessig, author of They Don’t Represent Us “Conclusively demonstrates the absurdity of preserving an institution that has been so contentious throughout U.S. history and has not infrequently produced results that defied the popular will.” —Michael Kazin, The Nation “Rigorous and highly readable...shows how the electoral college has endured despite being reviled by statesmen from James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson to Edward Kennedy, Bob Dole, and Gerald Ford.” —Lawrence Douglas, Times Literary Supplement Every four years, millions of Americans wonder why they choose their presidents through an arcane institution that permits the loser of the popular vote to become president and narrows campaigns to swing states. Congress has tried on many occasions to alter or scuttle the Electoral College, and in this masterclass in American political history, a renowned Harvard professor explains its confounding persistence. After tracing the tangled origins of the Electoral College back to the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Keyssar reveals the constant stream of efforts since then to abolish or reform it. Why have they all failed? The complexity of the design and partisan one-upmanship have a lot to do with it, as do the difficulty of passing constitutional amendments and the South’s long history of restrictive voting laws. By outlining the reasons for past failures and showing how close we’ve come to abolishing the institution, Keyssar offers encouragement to those hoping for change.

Author : Bill Petrocelli
Publisher : Prometheus
ISBN 13 : 163388659X
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Electoral Bait and Switch written by Bill Petrocelli and published by Prometheus. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s a system that now fosters massive inequality in voting rights and opens the door to manipulation of presidential elections by foreign and domestic enemies of democracy. Electoral Bait & Switch is prescriptive, and accessible to the general reader. The current Electoral-Vote system presents a severe and growing threat to democracy in the United States. It has thwarted the will of a majority of the voters twice in the last five presidential elections (2000 and 2016) by elevating to office a candidate who received only a minority of the vote. This system is a distortion of the system envisioned by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and the other framers of the Constitution. If it is not challenged and overturned, we are likely to face a continual series of electoral and constitutional crises. The constitutional right of Americans to an equal vote in presidential elections is being violated by this system on a massive scale. The value of an individual vote varies as much as three-to-one from state to state, and there are no two states where voters have the same voting-power. The current Elector system discriminates heavily against minority and poorer voters. The winner-take-all method of allocating Electoral votes also results in large pockets of “useless votes” and a system in which where you vote counts for far more than how you vote. Most ominously, evidence is now clear that the Electoral-Vote system has opened the door for voter suppression and manipulation of elections by domestic and foreign conspirators.

Author : Tara Ross
Publisher : World Ahead Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enlightened Democracy written by Tara Ross and published by World Ahead Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opponents of the Electoral College are swift to dismiss the institution as outdated and elitist, an anachronism that should be replaced by a direct popular vote. This book, written in straightforward language, examines the institutions role in selecting Presidents across the centuries and comes to a different conclusion the Electoral College protects our republic and promotes our liberty.

Author : Gary Bugh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317145275
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Electoral College Reform written by Gary Bugh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has not updated the Electoral College system since the Twelfth Amendment was ratified in 1804, despite public opinion polls showing a majority of Americans are in favor of changing or outright abolishing it. So why hasn't the United States reformed this system? Electoral College Reform brings together new essays examining all aspects of this crucial debate, including the reasons for reform, the issues surrounding a constitutional amendment, the effect of the Electoral College on political campaigns and the possibilities for extra-constitutional avenues to change. The authors consider both the Federalists' vision of balanced representation and a more democratic and equality-based ideal. These competing frameworks, perhaps more than any other factor, account for centuries of American indecision on this key issue. By offering an unprecedented and carefully researched analysis of an always controversial subject, this volume explores the potential for changing a system that many contend is long overdue.

Author : Lucius Wilmerding
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Electoral College written by Lucius Wilmerding and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cari Meister
Publisher : Capstone Press
ISBN 13 : 1543591388
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Electoral College written by Cari Meister and published by Capstone Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does a college have to do with presidential elections? If it's the electoral college, a lot! Readers learn all about the electoral college and how it plays a part in our elections.

Author : Sue Bradford Edwards
Publisher : AV2 by Weigl
ISBN 13 : 9781489696175
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Electoral College written by Sue Bradford Edwards and published by AV2 by Weigl. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Electoral College makes sure every state is fairly represented in a presidential election. However, this means that sometimes a president can get elected without winning the popular vote. Find out more in The Electoral College, a title in the Debating the Issues series. These books explore some of the most highly debated issues today, presenting readers with an overview of each discussion, along with thought-provoking facts from both sides of the argument. Every title features informative text, colorful photographs, a map, and a timeline detailing important events relevant to the topic. Debating the Issues is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. Each title in the series features easy-to-read text, stunning visuals, and a challenging educational activity. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slideshows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more. Book jacket.

Author : Robert M. Hardaway
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Electoral College and the Constitution written by Robert M. Hardaway and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1994-08-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines how the Electoral College actually works, how it is supposed to work, and how it might be reformed. Robert Hardaway first looks at the Constitutional Convention, the Twelfth Amendment, and historical elections where the Electoral College has come into play, providing the historical background to the present-day College. Next he examines the electors themselves--how they are chosen in the states and the laws relating to the obligations of electors in casting their votes. The election of the president and vice president by the House of Representatives is also examined. Finally, Hardaway discusses and analyzes the proposed reforms to the Electoral College, including those before the Congress at present. Professor Hardaway's book makes a strong case for the preservation of the federalist principles incorporated into the constitutional framers' plan for election of the president of the United States. The book richly documents its case with examples from past elections, while at the same time providing the reader with all information needed to make an independent judgment.