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Why the electoral college is bad for America / George C. Edwards, III.

Title
Why the electoral college is bad for America / George C. Edwards, III.
Author
Edwards, George C.
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011.

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Description
xi, 259 p. : map; 21 cm.
Summary
Thoroughly revised and updated, with an extensive analysis of the 2008 election, this book remains the best analysis of the Electoral College for both students and general readers. --Book Description from Website.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Raising questions -- How the electoral college works -- The electoral college and political equality -- Contingent elections -- The origins of the electoral college -- Protecting interests -- Maintaining cohesion -- Preserving the party system -- Appendix : US Constitutional provisions relating to presidential elections.
ISBN
  • 9780300166491 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0300166494 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011000061
OCLC
  • 696943281
  • SCSB-11710023
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Harvard Library