Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
- SKU: 9781250221971
- Category: Politics & Social Sciences
"Wegman combines in-depth historical analysis and insight into contemporary politics to present a cogent argument that the Electoral College violates America's 'core democratic principles' and should be done away with... --Publishers Weekly
The framers of the Constitution battled over it. Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish it more than 700 times. To this day, millions of voters, and even members of Congress, misunderstand how it works. It deepens our national divide and distorts the core democratic principles of political equality and majority rule. How can we tolerate the Electoral College when every vote does not count the same, and the candidate who gets the most votes can lose?
In this thoroughly researched and engaging call to arms, Supreme Court journalist and New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman draws upon the history of the founding era, as well as information gleaned from campaign managers, field directors, and other officials from twenty-first-century Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, to make a powerful case for abolishing the antiquated and antidemocratic Electoral College. In Let the People Pick the President he shows how we can at long last make every vote in the United States count--and restore belief in our democratic system.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Jesse Wegman
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 03/17/2020
ISBN: 9781250221971
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.20d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/23/2019
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2020
Library Journal 02/01/2020 pg. 102
"Wegman combines in-depth historical analysis and insight into contemporary politics to present a cogent argument that the Electoral College violates America's 'core democratic principles' and should be done away with... --Publishers Weekly
The framers of the Constitution battled over it. Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish it more than 700 times. To this day, millions of voters, and even members of Congress, misunderstand how it works. It deepens our national divide and distorts the core democratic principles of political equality and majority rule. How can we tolerate the Electoral College when every vote does not count the same, and the candidate who gets the most votes can lose?
In this thoroughly researched and engaging call to arms, Supreme Court journalist and New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman draws upon the history of the founding era, as well as information gleaned from campaign managers, field directors, and other officials from twenty-first-century Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, to make a powerful case for abolishing the antiquated and antidemocratic Electoral College. In Let the People Pick the President he shows how we can at long last make every vote in the United States count--and restore belief in our democratic system.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Jesse Wegman
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 03/17/2020
ISBN: 9781250221971
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.20d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/23/2019
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2020
Library Journal 02/01/2020 pg. 102