History for Ready Reference

History for Ready Reference
Author: Josephus Nelson Larned
Publisher:
Total Pages: 854
Release: 1895
Genre: History
ISBN:

"This work has two aims : to represent and exhibit the better Literature of History in the English language, and to give it an organized body--a system--adapted to the greatest convenience in any use, whether for reference, or for reading, for teacher, student, or casual inquirer."--V. 1, Preface.

Presidential Elections and Majority Rule

Presidential Elections and Majority Rule
Author: Edward B. Foley
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2020
Genre: HISTORY
ISBN: 0190060158

In his latest book, Presidential Elections and Majority Rule, Edward Foley asks how the American electoral system can better represent the people. What kind of winner truly reflects the nation's votes: the plurality winners of winner-takes-all elections, as currently used, or the majority-preferred winners of a reformed system? How do third-party candidates affect American presidential elections? What, if anything, would change in a two-candidate run-off?And how can electoral reform be implemented without sowing chaos? Ultimately, Foley outlines a solution in which the Electoral College can be restored to its original majoritarian ideals through state law rather than Constitutional amendment.