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  • 4 - Contingent Elections

  • George C. Edwards III, Texas A & M University
  • Book:
    Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America
    Published online:
    09 November 2023
    Print publication:
    23 November 2023, pp 79-98

  • Summary

    The electoral college’s provisions for contingent elections of the president and vice president blatantly violate political equality, directly disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Americans, have the potential to grossly misrepresent the wishes of the public, make the president dependent upon Congress, give a very few individuals extraordinary power to select the president, have the potential to select a president and vice president from different parties, and fail to deal with a tie for third in the electoral college. In addition, any resolution of a congressional choice of the president is likely to be tainted with charges of unsavory transactions. It is no wonder that even the most stalwart defenders of the electoral college choose to ignore contingent elections in their justifications of the system of electing the president.