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The Runner-Up Presidency. The Elections That Defied America's Popular Will (and How Our Democracy Remains in Danger).
Mark Weston
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Description for The Runner-Up Presidency. The Elections That Defied America's Popular Will (and How Our Democracy Remains in Danger).
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
An entertaining and important account of presidential elections in which the winner of the popular vote lost or came all too close to losing, focusing on the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the disputed elections of 1876 and 2000, the deadlocks of 1800 and 1824 (when the elections were thrown to the House of Representatives) and the close call during the tumultuous year of 1968. Author and historian Mark Weston explains how electoral votes emerged as a compromise between the free states and slave states at the Constitutional Convention, how they were inspired by an unusual method of counting votes in ... Read more
An entertaining and important account of presidential elections in which the winner of the popular vote lost or came all too close to losing, focusing on the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the disputed elections of 1876 and 2000, the deadlocks of 1800 and 1824 (when the elections were thrown to the House of Representatives) and the close call during the tumultuous year of 1968. Author and historian Mark Weston explains how electoral votes emerged as a compromise between the free states and slave states at the Constitutional Convention, how they were inspired by an unusual method of counting votes in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Guilford, United States
ISBN
9781493022571
SKU
V9781493022571
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About Mark Weston
Mark Weston has been a lawyer for ABC Television and a journalist for ABC News, and has written articles for The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. He has also written Prophets and Princes – Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the Present, (2008) and The Land and People of Pakistan (1992) among other titles. In ... Read more
Reviews for The Runner-Up Presidency. The Elections That Defied America's Popular Will (and How Our Democracy Remains in Danger).
“A must read for those truly interested in our democracy.”
Bill Bradley, former New Jersey senator “A fascinating look at our strange system of electing presidents.”
Les Crystal, former president of NBC News and ... Read more
Bill Bradley, former New Jersey senator “A fascinating look at our strange system of electing presidents.”
Les Crystal, former president of NBC News and ... Read more