For further reading, The National Vote recommends these fine books.

  • Why the Electoral College is Bad for America

    George C. Edwards III

    In this fourth edition of the definitive book on the electoral college, George Edwards employs rigorous analysis and systemic data to show how the system violates core democratic principles and does not provide the benefits its advocates claim. LINK TO AMAZON

  • Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College

    Jesse Wegman

    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. LINK TO AMAZON

  • Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?

    Alexander Keyssar

    Every four years, millions of Americans wonder why they choose their presidents through an arcane institution that permits the loser of the popular vote to become president and narrows campaigns to swing states. Congress has tried on many occasions to alter or scuttle the Electoral College, and in this master class in American political history, a renowned Harvard professor explains its confounding persistence. LINK TO AMAZON