Choosing a President evaluates the Electoral College system and six legitimate alternatives to it. A team of 37 political scientists consider the fundamental questions that go to the heart of the debate. On the basis of these deliberations, each contributor indicates the extent to which he or she supports or opposes the Electoral College and its alternatives.
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- Discussion on how the Electoral College was created, evolved, and currently works, providing fundamental historical and political knowledge.
- A systematic account of current alternatives to the Electoral College offering three reforms and three possible replacements.
- Demonstrates two modes of political analysis: (i)evaluating institutions and reforms according to their logical consistency with desired criteria, and (ii) evaluating institutions and reforms according to their (likely) consequences and implications. Helps improve students' understanding of political analysis.
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Table of Contents
1. Bush, Gore, and the Issues of Electoral Reform, Paul Schumaker
2. Analyzing the Electoral College and Its Alternatives, Paul Schumaker
3. The Electoral College in Historical and Philosophical Perspective, Donald Lutz
4. The Role of Federalism in Presidential Elections, Donald Haider-Markel, Melvin Dubnick, Richard Elling, David Niven, Paul Schumaker
5. Electoral College Reform, the Congress, and the Presidency, Burdett Loomis, Jeffrey Cohen, Bruce Oppenheimer, James Pfiffner
6. Changing the Electoral College: The Impact on Parties and Organized Interests, Allan Cigler, Joel Paddock, Gary Reich, Eric Uslaner
7. The Electoral College and Campaign Strategy, William G. Mayer, Emmett H. Buell Jr., James E. Campbell, Mark Joslyn
8. Electoral College, Reform, and Media Coverage of Presidential Elections, Matthew Kerbel, Michael Cornfield, Marjorie Randon Hershey, Richard Merelman
9. Citizen Participation and Electoral College Reform, Robert M. Stein, Paul Johnson, Daron Shaw, Robert Weisberg
10. Electoral Rules and Social Stability, Erik Herron, Ronald Francisco, O. Fiona Yap
11. The Electoral College and Social Cleavages: Ethnicity, Class, and Geography, Robert L. Lineberry, Darren Davis, Robert Erikson, Richard Herrera, Priscilla Southwell
12. Reaching a Collective Choice, Paul Schumaker, Burdett Loomis
Appendix A. The Electoral College Map at the Millennium
Appendix B. The Outcomes of Our Presidential Elections: Popular and Electoral College Votes from Washington to Bush
Bio(s)
Paul D. Schumaker, University of Kansas
Burdett A. Loomis, University of Kansas
Burdett A. Loomis is professor of political science at the University of Kansas. A former American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow and recipient of a Kemper Teaching Award, he has written extensively on legislatures, political careers, interest groups, and policymaking.
