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01514aam a22002654a 4500 001 8B857B20BCF511EAA1925DFC96128E48 003 SILO 005 20200703012203 008 200604t20192017dcu 001|0 eng d 020 $a 1684510139 020 $a 9781684510139 040 $d SILO 050 $a JK 529 $b R69 2019 100 1 $a Ross, Tara, $e author. 245 10 $a Why we need the electoral college / $c Tara Ross. 264 4 $a Washington, DC: $b Regnery Gateway, $c [2019] 300 $a 281 pages ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-271) and index. 505 0 $a The founders' invention -- Presidents who lost the popular vote -- Who's in charge here?. 520 $a "Twice in as many decades, a president won the office without the popular vote. Both times, people cried foul on the Electoral College. Detractors claim the institution is antiquated and impedes democracy, but Tara Ross-a lawyer and constitutional scholar-argues that the Electoral College is the best defense of America's constitutional republic.The Indispensable Electoral College makes a winning argument for a necessary protection against "rigged" party elections, coastal elites, and DC insiders who wish to make a career of unchecked ambition."-- $c From original hardcover edition. 650 0 $a Democracy. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 941 $a 1 952 $l P1AX906 $d 20230620011721.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8B857B20BCF511EAA1925DFC96128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search