Reform of the Electoral System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10438172 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth C Silva (0000-0001-7775-567X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1952 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 394-407 |
| Publication date | 1952-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500003491 |
| OpenAlex | W2120176997 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Current proposals for reform of the electoral college system are embodied in three plans which appear to be designed to enable the “conservatives” to elect a President of the United States. Since 1932, the present electoral college system has compelled both parties to nominate presidential candidates who advocate policies devised to win the votes of conscious ethnic, religious, and economic groups in metropolitan centers, where these minorities hold a balance of power in populous states controlling large blocs of electoral votes. Consequently, all recent presidential candidates have supported social security, collective bargaining, and civil rights legislation. An inspection of congressional roll calls discloses the rather obvious fact that a number of Republicans and southern Democrats hardly approve of these and other so-called Fair Deal measures
Balance (ability · Economics · Electoral college · Governor · Law and economics · Legislation · Legislature · Metropolitan area · NOMINATE · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Presidential system · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |