A new edition of the best-known book critiquing the U.S. electoral college In this third edition of the definitive book on the unique system by which Americans

A distinguished political scientist critiques arguments in favor of the electoral college and offers a persuasive argument for direct election of the president.

Employing rigorous analysis and systematic data, this volume shows how the electoral college violates democratic principles and does not provide the benefits it

A New Statesman Book of the Year “America’s greatest historian of democracy now offers an extraordinary history of the most bizarre aspect of our representa

“Wegman combines in-depth historical analysis and insight into contemporary politics to present a cogent argument that the Electoral College violates America�