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Should the Electoral College be Replaced by the Direct Election of the President? A Debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2022

Theodore S. Arlington  and
Saul Branner
Theodore S. Arlington
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Saul Branner
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , Spring 1984 , pp. 237 - 250
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1984

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In Favor of Direct Election

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