“Wegman combines in-depth historical analysis and insight into contemporary politics to present a cogent argument that the Electoral College violates America’s ‘core democratic principles’ and should be done away with…” ―Publishers Weekly
The framers of the Constitution battled over it. Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish it more than 700 times. To this day, millions of voters, and even members of Congress, misunderstand how it works. It deepens our national divide and distorts the core democratic principles of political equality and majority rule. How can we tolerate the Electoral College when every vote does not count the same, and the candidate who gets the most votes can lose?
Twice in the last five elections, the Electoral College has overridden the popular vote, calling the integrity of the entire system into question―and creating a false picture of a country divided into bright red and blue blocks when in fact we are purple from coast to coast. Even when the popular-vote winner becomes president, tens of millions of Americans―Republicans and Democrats alike―find that their votes didn’t matter. And, with statewide winner-take-all rules, only a handful of battleground states ultimately decide who will become president.
Now, as political passions reach a boiling point at the dawn of the 2020 race, the message from the American people is clear: The way we vote for the only official whose job it is to represent all Americans is neither fair nor just. Major reform is needed―now. Isn’t it time to let the people pick the president?
In this thoroughly researched and engaging call to arms, Supreme Court journalist and New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman draws upon the history of the founding era, as well as information gleaned from campaign managers, field directors, and other officials from twenty-first-century Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, to make a powerful case for abolishing the antiquated and antidemocratic Electoral College. In Let the People Pick the President he shows how we can at long last make every vote in the United States count―and restore belief in our democratic system.
Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College Hardcover – March 17, 2020
by Jesse Wegman (Author)
This B.S. (voter FRAUD), must have been going on, for the last 200 + years, or so,
in this WONDERFUL U.S.of A.
Always ONLY 2 parties in POWER, doing each other’s bids.
No 3rd party in power, since 1776.
There was that feeble attempt, by Ross Perot (Ross Perot, American businessman and philanthropist who ran as an independent candidate for U.S. president in 1992 and 1996. He was the founder (1962) of Electronic Data Systems, and the company’s success made him extremely wealthy.
The powers that be, at the time, threatened his family, and shut him down.
As Joseph STALIN (the great MASS KILLER Dictator of U.S.S.R), used to say: “It does not matter how many are voting, it’s WHO counts the votes, that matter”.
Nowadays, that tactics is being applied to OUR Wonderful U.S. of America.
People coming from communist regimes to USA:
RISE UP. Remember where/what, you ran away from. Seeking asylum in the US.
Try to imagine USA becoming Socialist/Communist, slowly, but surely.
If that happens, USA will become, like Venezuela. A 3rd World country.
A country of institutionalized SLAVERY, just like CUBA.
With Communist Bastards nationalizing all. Including your homes, properties and YOUR LIFE.
Cretins, uneducated, and MARX, ENGELS, LENIN, young blood,
brainwashed by your shitty Universities and their “so called” professors.
Did you read Anna Karenina, yet ?? What did you read in your schools, Millennials??
Did you read ANY SHAKESPEARE?? EVER??
How about Ann Frank’s Journal ?? I bet U did.
“Wegman combines in-depth historical analysis and insight into contemporary politics to present a cogent argument that the Electoral College violates America’s ‘core democratic principles’ and should be done away with…” ―Publishers Weekly
The framers of the Constitution battled over it. Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish it more than 700 times. To this day, millions of voters, and even members of Congress, misunderstand how it works. It deepens our national divide and distorts the core democratic principles of political equality and majority rule. How can we tolerate the Electoral College when every vote does not count the same, and the candidate who gets the most votes can lose?
Twice in the last five elections, the Electoral College has overridden the popular vote, calling the integrity of the entire system into question―and creating a false picture of a country divided into bright red and blue blocks when in fact we are purple from coast to coast. Even when the popular-vote winner becomes president, tens of millions of Americans―Republicans and Democrats alike―find that their votes didn’t matter. And, with statewide winner-take-all rules, only a handful of battleground states ultimately decide who will become president.
Now, as political passions reach a boiling point at the dawn of the 2020 race, the message from the American people is clear: The way we vote for the only official whose job it is to represent all Americans is neither fair nor just. Major reform is needed―now. Isn’t it time to let the people pick the president?
In this thoroughly researched and engaging call to arms, Supreme Court journalist and New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman draws upon the history of the founding era, as well as information gleaned from campaign managers, field directors, and other officials from twenty-first-century Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, to make a powerful case for abolishing the antiquated and antidemocratic Electoral College. In Let the People Pick the President he shows how we can at long last make every vote in the United States count―and restore belief in our democratic system.
Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College Hardcover – March 17, 2020
by Jesse Wegman (Author)
Hmm, here we go again.
This B.S. (voter FRAUD), must have been going on, for the last 200 + years, or so,
in this WONDERFUL U.S.of A.
Always ONLY 2 parties in POWER, doing each other’s bids.
No 3rd party in power, since 1776.
There was that feeble attempt, by Ross Perot (Ross Perot, American businessman and philanthropist who ran as an independent candidate for U.S. president in 1992 and 1996. He was the founder (1962) of Electronic Data Systems, and the company’s success made him extremely wealthy.
The powers that be, at the time, threatened his family, and shut him down.
As Joseph STALIN (the great MASS KILLER Dictator of U.S.S.R), used to say: “It does not matter how many are voting, it’s WHO counts the votes, that matter”.
Nowadays, that tactics is being applied to OUR Wonderful U.S. of America.
People coming from communist regimes to USA:
RISE UP. Remember where/what, you ran away from. Seeking asylum in the US.
Try to imagine USA becoming Socialist/Communist, slowly, but surely.
If that happens, USA will become, like Venezuela. A 3rd World country.
A country of institutionalized SLAVERY, just like CUBA.
With Communist Bastards nationalizing all. Including your homes, properties and YOUR LIFE.
WAKE UP AMERICA.
Buyers/VOTERS – BEWARE !
You shall get what you asked for.
Cretins, uneducated, and MARX, ENGELS, LENIN, young blood,
brainwashed by your shitty Universities and their “so called” professors.
Did you read Anna Karenina, yet ?? What did you read in your schools, Millennials??
Did you read ANY SHAKESPEARE?? EVER??
How about Ann Frank’s Journal ?? I bet U did.
Did you ever wonder who controls you??
Ask yourselves WHO, for the rest of your LIVES !!
You are the new SLAVES. ENJOY THE TRIP.