The Runner-Up Presidency : The Elections That Defied America's Popular Will (and How Our Democracy Remains in Danger).
Weston, Mark.
The Runner-Up Presidency : The Elections That Defied America's Popular Will (and How Our Democracy Remains in Danger). - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (225 pages)
Intro -- _GoBack -- Introduction Electoral Votes: A Risky Game of Dice -- Chapter 1 What Were the Founders Thinking? -- Chapter 2 Florida, Bush v. Gore, and the 2000 Election -- Chapter 3 The Loser Wins -- Chapter 4 The Loser Wins Again -- Chapter 5 The House Decides -- Chapter 6 The House Decides Again -- Chapter 7 1968 -- Chapter 8 Direct Elections and Other Flawed Proposals to Fix Our System -- Chapter 9 How Barack Obama Nearly Became a Runner-Up President -- Chapter 10 Two Small Repairs -- Appendix A Three Possible Constitutional Amendments -- Appendix B Winner-Takes-Most's Roughly Equal Sacrifices from State to State -- Appendix C Past Elections under the Winner-Takes-Most Reform -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
9781493022588
Presidents - United States - Election - History.
Electronic books.
JK524
324.973
The Runner-Up Presidency : The Elections That Defied America's Popular Will (and How Our Democracy Remains in Danger). - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (225 pages)
Intro -- _GoBack -- Introduction Electoral Votes: A Risky Game of Dice -- Chapter 1 What Were the Founders Thinking? -- Chapter 2 Florida, Bush v. Gore, and the 2000 Election -- Chapter 3 The Loser Wins -- Chapter 4 The Loser Wins Again -- Chapter 5 The House Decides -- Chapter 6 The House Decides Again -- Chapter 7 1968 -- Chapter 8 Direct Elections and Other Flawed Proposals to Fix Our System -- Chapter 9 How Barack Obama Nearly Became a Runner-Up President -- Chapter 10 Two Small Repairs -- Appendix A Three Possible Constitutional Amendments -- Appendix B Winner-Takes-Most's Roughly Equal Sacrifices from State to State -- Appendix C Past Elections under the Winner-Takes-Most Reform -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
9781493022588
Presidents - United States - Election - History.
Electronic books.
JK524
324.973