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050	0	0	_aJK529 _b.E38 2004
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092			_a324.63 _bEd26w
100	1		_aEdwards, George C.
245	1	0	_aWhy the electoral college is bad for America / _cGeorge C. Edwards, III.
260			_aNew Haven, Conn. : _bYale University Press, _c
300			_axviii, 198 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 169-189) and index.
505	0		_aHow the electoral college works -- The electoral college and political equality -- Contingent elections -- The origins of the electoral college -- Protecting interests -- Maintaining cohesion -- Conclusion.
520	1		_a"Americans currently choose their president through the electoral college, an extraordinarily complex mechanism that may elect the candidate who does not receive the most votes. In this book, George Edwards III argues that - contrary to what supporters of the electoral college claim - there is no real justification for a system that might violate majority rule." "Edwards finds that the electoral college does not protect the interests of small states or racial minorities, does not provide presidents with effective coalitions for governing, and does little to protect the American polity from the alleged harms of direct election of the president. In fact, the electoral college distorts the presidential campaign so that candidates ignore most small states and some large ones any pay little attention to minorities, and it encourages third parties to run presidential candidates and discourages party competition in many states." "Edwards demonstrates that direct election of the president without a runoff maximizes political equality and eliminates the distortions inn the political system caused by the electoral college."--Jacket.
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655		4	_aNonfiction.
856	4	1	_3ebrary _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/id/10167885
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0415/2004004215.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/yale051/2004004215.html
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856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/yale051/2004004215.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/yale051/2004004215.html
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