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“People have been arguing against the Electoral College from the beginning. But no one, at least in recent years, has laid out the case as comprehensively and as readably as Jesse Wegman does in ‘Let the People Pick the President.'” — The New York Times Book Review

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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.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press

“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

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Let the People Pick the President Audiobook Narrator

Jesse Wegman is the narrator of Let the People Pick the President audiobook that was written by Jesse Wegman

JESSE WEGMAN is a member of The New York Times editorial board, where he has written about the Supreme Court and legal affairs since 2013. He previously worked as a reporter, editor and producer at outlets including National Public Radio, The New York Observer, Reuters, The Daily Beast and Newsweek. He graduated from New York University School of Law in 2005.

About the Author(s) of Let the People Pick the President

Jesse Wegman is the author of Let the People Pick the President

Let the People Pick the President Full Details

Narrator Jesse Wegman
Length 7 hours 50 minutes
Author Jesse Wegman
Category
Publisher Macmillan Audio
Release date March 17, 2020
ISBN 9781250260352

Subjects

The publisher of the Let the People Pick the President is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Democracy, Political Ideologies, Political Science

Additional info

The publisher of the Let the People Pick the President is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781250260352.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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