The Constant Two Plan

Reforming the Electoral College to Account for the National Popular Vote

Jay Wendland (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

210 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-1624-9 (ISBN)

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This book explores a novel approach to reform the Electoral College to allocate for two electoral votes from each state to the national popular vote winner, in order to bring the American presidential election process more in line with democratic norms and principles.

Since established by the Founding Fathers, the Electoral College was designated to be appoint the president to ensure that the voting process was anti-majoritarian in nature. However, with the advancements of technology allowing for a meaningful and engaged popular vote to ensure the U.S. is led by a president who received the most votes, the Founders concerns about the inability for the country to run a meaningful nationwide election are no longer relevant, leaving room for change. In The Constant Two Plan: Reforming the Electoral College to Account for the National Popular Vote, Jay Wendland explores a novel approach to reforming the Electoral College to allocate for two electoral votes per state alongside the votes from the American public in order to bring the American presidential election process more in line with democratic norms and principles. Wedland demonstrates that the major extant reform plans in place would perform worse than the existing system and a new idea is needed. The Constant Two Plan remedies the small state bias, ensuring the popular vote winner becomes president, and acknowledges the federalist principle many have come to associate with the Electoral College.

Jay Wendland is associate professor of political science at Daemen University.

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: How We Got This Messed-Up System
Chapter 2: It’s Not “Excellent,” But It’s Not All Bad
Chapter 3: 700 Attempts at Reform: Examining the Drawbacks of the Electoral College
Chapter 4: The Inherent Racism of the Electoral College: The Three-Fifths Compromise, Voter ID Laws, and Racial Inequality
Chapter 5: We’ve Tried this Before: Analyzing the Major Reform Proposals
Chapter 6: A Novel Approach: Joining the Federalist Ideal with the National Will Through the Constant Two Plan
Chapter 7: Beyond Time for Reform: Evaluating the Constant Two Plan
Bibliography
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	19.03.2024
Zusatzinfo	8 BW Photos, 12 Tables
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 237 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-6669-1624-2 / 1666916242
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-1624-9 / 9781666916249
Zustand	Neuware