Policy point-counterpoint: electoral college reform.

From: International Social Science Review | Date: September 22, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Although most Americans learned about the Electoral College in high school and it was not the first time a candidate with fewer popular votes had won the presidency--John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson (1824), Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden (1876), and Benjamin Harrison vs. Grover Cleveland (1888) (1)--it took the 2000 presidential election for many to encounter first-hand the potentially explosive situation posed by this unique system of selecting White House occupants. Although Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic nominee for president, won the popular vote with over a ...

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