"Choosing a President" evaluates the Electoral College system and six legitimate alternatives to it. A team of 37 political scientists consider the fundamental questions that go to the heart of the debate. On the basis of these deliberations, each contributor indicates the extent to which he or she supports or opposes the Electoral College and its alternatives. This title features: discussion on how the Electoral College was created, evolved, and currently works, providing fundamental historical and political knowledge; and a systematic account of current alternatives to the Electoral College offering three reforms and three possible replacements. It demonstrates two modes of political analysis: evaluating institutions and reforms according to their logical consistency with desired criteria, and evaluating institutions and reforms according to their (likely) consequences and implications. It helps improve students' understanding of political analysis.
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Paul Schumaker is professor of political science and chair of the department at the University of Kansas. His other books include: "Great Ideas/Grand Schemes: Political Ideologies in the 19th and 20th Centuries" (McGraw Hill, 1996); "Critical Pluralism, Democratic Performance, and Community Power" (University of Kansas, 1991).
Burdett A. Loomis is professor of political science at the University of Kansas. His most recent books include: "Does Representative Democracy Work" (CQ, 2001); "The Sound of Money" (Norton, 1999); "The Contemporary Congress" (St. Martin's, 1995, 1998, 2000).
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This review is from: Choosing a President: The Electoral College and Beyond (Paperback)
If you want an overview of the electoral college and alternatives to it, this book is for you. The analysis of the effect of each system on a variety of political areas is useful, and the contributors are all recognized political analysts. While not overly simplified, this is a good starting point for those who are curious about the electoral college and its alternatives.
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THE TUMULT FOLLOWING the 2000 presidential election has subsided. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
popular vote schemes, large competitive states, electoral college rules, current electoral college system, automatic electors, districted system, national bonus plan, popular vote system, electoral college approach, national popular election, existing electoral college, electoral college reform, instant runoff, peripheral voters, noncompetitive states, contingency election, initial balloting, presidential legitimacy, national popular vote, alternative electoral systems, district plan, zooo election, popular vote winner, electoral college majority, contingency procedure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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popular vote schemes, large competitive states, electoral college rules, current electoral college system, automatic electors, districted system, national bonus plan, popular vote system, electoral college approach, national popular election, existing electoral college, electoral college reform, instant runoff, peripheral voters, noncompetitive states, contingency election, initial balloting, presidential legitimacy, national popular vote, alternative electoral systems, district plan, zooo election, popular vote winner, electoral college majority, contingency procedure Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, House of Representatives, American Political Science Review, Twelfth Amendment, Supreme Court, University of Kansas, African Americans, Federalist Papers, New Haven, Yale University Press, District of Columbia, American Journal of Political Science, North Carolina, White House, Alexander Hamilton, Green Party, Bill Clinton, Chatham House, James Madison, New Mexico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia Plan, Brookings Institution New!
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- Voice of the People : Elections and Voting in the United States by Alan Abramowitz on page 206
- The Case for Hillary Clinton by Susan Estrich in Back Matter
- Just Elections: Creating a Fair Electoral Process in the United States by Dennis F. Thompson in Back Matter
- Wahlsysteme und Wahltypen: Politische Systeme und regionale Kontexte im Vergleich (German Edition) by Claudia Derichs on page 169
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