TY - BOOK ID - 61157685 TI - Presidential elections and majority rule : the rise, demise, and potential restoration of the Jeffersonian electoral college PY - 2020 SN - 0190060182 0190060166 PB - New York, NY : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Presidents KW - Election law KW - Electoral college KW - Election. KW - Election UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61157685 AB - In '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. ER -