Understanding the Fundamentals of the U.S. Presidential Election System

• Main Author: Belenky, Alexander S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Probabilities.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Public law.; Constitutional law.; Statistics.; Constitutional Law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Political Science.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Public Law.

This is the first book on the U.S. presidential election system to analyze the basic principles underlying the design of the existing system and those at the heart of competing proposals for improving the system. The book discusses how the use of some election rules embedded in the U.S. Constitution...