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The Electoral College: Failures of Original Intent and Proposed Constitutional and Statutory Changes for Direct Popular Vote

The Electoral College: Failures of Original Intent and Proposed Constitutional and Statutory Changes for Direct Popular Vote

Johnson, Alan E.

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General Political ScienceGeneral United States HistoryUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 0970105517
ISBN13: 9780970105516
Publisher: Philosophia Publications
Published: Mar 16 2021
Pages: 348
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The dispute over the Electoral College goes back to the beginning of the American republic. James Madison and James Monroe were among the delegates who attended the 1788 Virginia convention called to decide whether that state should ratify the United States Constitution proposed by the Constitutional Convention the preceding year. Monroe objected to what was later called the Electoral College, stating that this unusual institution would make the president dependent upon the state governments instead of the people. Madison, who had been a leading member of the Constitutional Convention, replied that the mode of presidential election adopted at that time was judged most expedient until experience should point out one more eligible. Far from being a firmly settled matter, Madison implicitly suggested that a constitutional amendment abolishing the Electoral College in favor of direct popular vote might someday be warranted.

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