Securing democracy : why we have an electoral college / edited by Gary L. Gregg II ; with an introduction by Mitch McConnell.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 2001.Description: xxvi, 171 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781882926657
  • 188292665X
  • 9781933859477
  • 1933859474
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.6/3 21
LOC classification:
  • JK529 .S43 2007
Contents:
Introduction / Mitch McConnell -- The origins and meaning of the electoral college / Gary L. Gregg II -- The development and democratization of the electoral college / Andrew E. Busch -- Federalism, the states and the electoral college / James R. Stoner Jr. -- Moderating the political impulse / Paul A. Rahe -- The electoral college and the future of the American political parties / Michael Barone -- The electoral college and the uniqueness of America / Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- Creating constitutional majorities : the electoral college after 2000 / Michael M. Uhlmann -- Outputs : the electoral college produces presidents / Walter Berns.
Summary: A collection of essays by leading politicians, journalists, and academics that show how the Electoral College is embedded in the fabric of our constitutional system and cannot easily be changed without disturbing the whole framework.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-155) and index.

Introduction / Mitch McConnell -- The origins and meaning of the electoral college / Gary L. Gregg II -- The development and democratization of the electoral college / Andrew E. Busch -- Federalism, the states and the electoral college / James R. Stoner Jr. -- Moderating the political impulse / Paul A. Rahe -- The electoral college and the future of the American political parties / Michael Barone -- The electoral college and the uniqueness of America / Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- Creating constitutional majorities : the electoral college after 2000 / Michael M. Uhlmann -- Outputs : the electoral college produces presidents / Walter Berns.

A collection of essays by leading politicians, journalists, and academics that show how the Electoral College is embedded in the fabric of our constitutional system and cannot easily be changed without disturbing the whole framework.

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