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Article: Why the Electoral College is Bad for America.(Book review)
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- The Historian
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- December 22, 2005
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Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America. By George C. Edwards III. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Pp. 198. $26.00.)
The last two presidential elections in the United States have caused concern and debates about the way Americans select their presidents to resurface, mainly because of the closeness of the two races--including one in which the candidate who got the most popular votes did not become president. In this study, the author provides a wonderfully accessible discussion of every aspect of the system by which presidents are elected in the United States. George C. Edwards III not only provides a thorough description of how the electoral college ...