Who Will Be the Next President? A Guide to the U.S. Presidential Election System /

• Main Author: Belenky, Alexander S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Law,
• Subjects: Law.; Constitutional law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Constitutional Law.; Political Science, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32636-3

This book addresses the peculiarities of the current presidential election system not yet addressed in other publications. It argues that any rules for electing a President that may have a chance to replace the current ones should provide an equal representation of states as equal members of the Uni...

Table of Contents:

• The initial design of the Electoral College: basic ideas,�logical mistakes, and overlooked problems
• The Electoral College today
• Curbing contingent elections
• Inconvenient facts about the Electoral College
• The Electoral College and campaign strategies
• The National Popular Vote plan: a brilliant idea�or a dead-on-arrival delusion?
• Equalizing the will of the states and the will of the nation.-�Conclusion.