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Presidential Selection: Electoral Fallacies *
Author(s) -
RAKOVE JACK N.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
political science quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1538-165X
pISSN - 0032-3195
DOI - 10.2307/20202303
Subject(s) - presidential system , selection (genetic algorithm) , constitution , politics , political science , presidential campaign , law , media studies , public administration , sociology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Serious discussion of the so-called "electoral college"2 was one mi nor casualty of the thirty-six days of legal and political maneuvering accompa nying the Florida recount that ultimately decided the presidential election of 2000. For perhaps a week after 7 November, the realization that the runner-up in the national popular vote could well inherit the White House sparked a mod icum of interest in the workings of the electoral college. Events in Florida soon took over, however, not to be dislodged. Even then, one might have thought