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Does your vote matter? How does winner-takes-all work anyway? The true answers to these questions may surprise you.
One part history of how Americans elect the Electoral College, one part critique of American democracy, one part voters guide for hacking the Electoral College, Winner-Takes-All: The Secret History of the Electoral College is a unique work of democratic activism.
Author J. Moyer provides a complete and informative look at the general election procedure of selecting the electors who then vote to elect the president of the United States, a process otherwise known as the Electoral College.
Examining the real problems with United States elections, Winner-Takes-All: the Secret History of the Electoral College demonstrates how power and corruption in American politics have stymied the voice and concerns of the US population for decades.
For readers seeking a book exposing United States democracy and the inherent hypocrisies of the system, this book provides an evenhanded look at the relationship between the voters and the Electoral College.
Notes regarding second edition:
The book is 16,000 words. Its length is due to tables of historic Electoral College elections and numerous historic Presidential Elector ballots from a variety of states.
This is the second edition of the book, released in 2022. Information regarding individual state mixed-elector ballot acceptance is based on answers received from state elections officials in 2020.
Information about 2024 mixed ballot acceptance is found at mixedelectorballot.com.
