The Electoral College Flunks
Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America
by George C. Edwards III
March 24, 2005 issue
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Alexander Keyssar is Stirling Professor of History and Social Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is the author, most recently, of The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States. He is currently writing a history of American electoral rules and institutions. (March 2005)
The Electoral College Flunks
Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America
by George C. Edwards III
March 24, 2005 issue
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