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Let the people pick the president : the case for abolishing the Electoral College / Jesse Wegman.

Wegman, Jesse, (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781250221971
ISBN: 1250221978
Physical Description: viii, 296 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020.
Copyright: ℗♭2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-286) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : a more perfect union -- Did the Founders fear democracy? -- The fraught origins of the Electoral College -- Did the Electoral College ever really work? -- The second founding -- One person, one vote -- Setting the record straight, part one : common Electoral College myths -- The national popular vote interstate compact -- Setting the record straight, part two : common popular vote myths -- Imagining a national popular vote.