June 2, 2001
Reinventing Politics
Whose Vote Counts -- and who Counts the Vote?

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Electoral College  |  Elections

Electoral College

Website

Federal Election Commission About Elections and Voting - http://www.fec.gov/elections.html

In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the statute that governs the financing of federal election. Scroll down the page to reach the section about the Electoral College. 

Books
Connect to the Colgate University Libraries online catalog and search the exact subject heading: Electoral college. You can further limit your search by language, year, or other subject terms using the limit button.

Articles
Ball, W.J., and D.A. Leuthold. "Estimating the likelihood of an unpopular verdict in the electoral college." Public Choice 70, no. 2 (1991): 215-224. 
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Longley, Lawrence D., and James D. Jr. Dana. "Estimating the likelihood of an unpopular verdict in the electoral college." Public Choice 70, no. 2 (1991): 215-224. 
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McCaughey, Elizabeth P. "Democracy at risk: the dangerous flaws in the Electoral College." Policy Review 63, Winter (1993): 79-81.
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Berns, Walter. "Third party candidates face a high hurdle in the electoral college." The American Enterprise 7, no. 1 (1996): 48-49.
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Hoffman, Matthew M. "The illegitimate President: minority vote dilution and the electoral college." Yale Law Journal 105, no. 4 (1996): 935-1021. 
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Brunell, Thomas, and Bernard Grofman. "The 1992 and 1996 presidential elections: whatever happened to the Republican electoral college lock?" Presidential Studies Quarterly 27, Winter (1997): 134-138. 
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Berthoud, John E. "The electoral lock thesis: the weighting bias component." PS: Political Science & Politics 30, no. 2 (1998): 189-193. 
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Ross, Beverly J., and William Josephson. "The electoral college and the popular vote." Journal of Law and Politics 12, no. 4 (1998): 665-747.
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James, Scott C., and Brian L. Lawson. "The political economy of voting rights enforcement in America's Gilded Age: electoral college competition, partisan commitment, and the federal election law." The American Political Science Review 93, no. 1 (1999): 115-131. 
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Shaw, Daron R. "The methods behind the madness: presidential electoral college strategies, 1988-1996." The Journal of Politics 61, no. 4 (1999): 893-913. 
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Nelson, Michael. "College for dunces." American Prospect 11, no. 25 (2000): 14-15. 
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Judis, John B. "Shut down the college." The American Prospect 12, no. 1 (2001): 10-11. 
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Elections

Websites

Federal Election Commission - http://www.fec.gov/

In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the statute that governs the financing of federal election. 

 

National Election Studies - http://www.umich.edu/~nes/

Five decades (23 biennial elections) of data on voting, public opinion and political participation.

 

Project Vote Smart - http://www.crp.org

This national non-partisan, non-profit effort researches, tracks and provides to the public, independent factual information on over 13,000 candidates and elected officials. Voting records, campaign issue positions, performance evaluations by special interests, campaign contributions, backgrounds, previous experience, and contact information are available.

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     Ballot
     Contested elections United States
     Elections United States 
     Political Campaigns United States
     Political participation United States
     Presidents United States elections
     United States Congress House Elections
     United States Congress Senate Elections
     Voting United States
     Voting Machines
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Magleby, David B., and Kelly D. Patterson. "Congressional reform: the polls--poll trends." The Public Opinion Quarterly 58, no. 3 (1994): 419-427. 
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Knack, S. "Does rain help the Republicans? Theory and evidence on turnout and the vote." Public Choice 79, no. 1-2 (1994): 187-209. 
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Blais, Andre, Robert Young, Christopher Fleury, and Miriam Lapp. "Do people vote on the basis of minimax regret?" Political Research Quarterly 48, no. 4 (1995): 827-836. 
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Dugan, William E., and William A. Taggart. "The changing shape of the American political universe revisited." Journal of Politics 57, no. 2 (1995): 469-482. 
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Matsusaka, J.G. "Explaining voter turnout patterns: an information theory." Public Choice 84, no. 1-2 (1995): 91-117. 
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Norrander, Barbara. "Presidential nomination politics in the post-reform era." Political Research Quarterly 49, Dec. (1996): 875-915. 
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Oliver, J. Eric. "The effects of eligibility restrictions and party activity on absentee voting and overall turnout." American Journal of Political Science 40, no. 2 (1996): 498-513. 
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"Real political reform." The American Enterprise 8, no. 1 (1997): 32-36.
A special section on proposed political reform in the U.S.
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O'Beirne, Kate. "Institute single-sex voting." The American Enterprise 8, no. 1 (1997): 32. 
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Stein, Robert N., and Patricia A. Garcia-Monet. "Voting early but not often: 1992 presidential election." Social Science Quarterly 78, Sept. (1997): 657-671. 
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"A new democracy for a new century." National Civic Review 84, no. 1 (1998): 1-95.
A special issues on the prospect of creating a new democracy for a new century.
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Finkel, Steven E., and John G. Geer. "Spot check: casting doubt on the demobilizing effect of attack advertising." American Journal of Political Science 42, no. 2 (1998): 573-595. 
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Franklin, Mark N., and Wolfgang Mino, P. Hirczy. "Separated powers, divided government, and turnout in U.S. presidential elections." American Journal of Political Science 42, no. 1 (1998): 316-326. 
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Timpone, Richard J. "Structure, behavior, and voter turnout in the United States." American Political Science Review 92, no. 1 (1998): 145-158.
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Freedman, Paul, and Ken Goldstein. "Measuring media exposure and the effects of negative campaign ads." American Journal of Political Science 43, no. 4 (1999): 1189-1208. 
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Glazer, A., and S. Lohman. "Setting the agenda: electoral competition, commitment of policy, and issue salience." Public Choice 99, no. 3-4 (1999): 377-394. 
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Grofman, B., G. Owen, and C. Collect. "Rethinking the partisan effects of higher turnout: so what's the question?" Public Choice 99, no. 3-4 (1999): 357-376. 
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Burgess, Diana, Beth Haney, Mark Snyder, John L. Sullivan, and John E. Transue. "Rocking the vote: using personalized messages to motivate voting among young adults." Public Opinion Quarterly 64, no. 1 (2000): 29-52.
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Green, Donald P., and Ron Shachar. "Habit formation and political behaviour: evidence of consuetude in voter turnout." British Journal of Political Science 30, no. 4 (2000): 561-573. 
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Richie, Rob, Steven Hill, and Caleb Kleppner. "Reclaiming democracy in the 21st century: Instant runoffs, proportional representation, and cumulative voting." Social Policy 31, no. 2 (2000): 35-42. 
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Shaw, Daron, Rodolfo O. de la Garza, and Jongho Lee. "Examining Latino turnout in 1996: a three-state, validated survey approach." American Journal of Political Science 44, no. 2 (2000): 338-346. 
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Shaw, Greg M., and Amy S. Ragland. "The polls--trends: political reform." The Public Opinion Quarterly 64, no. 2 (2000): 206-225. 
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Steger, Wayne P. "Do primary voters draw from a stacked deck? Presidential nominations in an era of candidate-centered campaigns." Presidential Studies Quarterly 30, no. 4 (2000): 727-753. 
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