Presidential elections and the electoral college : representation, vote decision, and electoral result / Manabu Saeki

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saeki, Manabu, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electoral college--United States--History.

Electoral college.

Presidents--United States--Election--History.

Presidents.

Voting research--United States.

Voting research.

Presidents--Election.

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Examines the presidential elections from 1832 to 2020 and reveals that the unequal representation of popular vote among states and wasted votes received by popular vote winners are major causes of the split between the popular vote result and Electoral College result.During the 2020 presidential election, it was possible, if unlikely, for a candidate to win the election by winning only 21 percent of the popular vote in the nation. Inversely, it was possible for a candidate to win 79 percent of popular vote and still lose the election. Examining presidential elections from 1832 to 2020, Manabu Saeki reveals that the unequal representation of popular vote among states and wasted votes received by popular vote winners are major causes of the split between the popular vote result and Electoral College result. An average voter in the most overrepresented state holds Electoral College votes that are approximately twice as many as those of the average voter nationwide and four times larger than those of the most underrepresented state. Republican candidates today tend to win a significantly larger number of overrepresented states, thereby winning a larger number of Electoral College votes relative to the number of popular votes they win. However, Republican candidates also suffer more wasted votes than Democratic candidates. Further, Saeki analyzes the vote decision by individual voters. Voters with strong racist and/or authoritarian inclinations tended to vote for a Republican candidate prior to, as well as after, the 2016 election. There is no indication that Donald Trump mobilized the voters with racist or authoritarian predispositions"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

Representation and participation

Popular vote

Electoral college vote

Vote decision

Partisan polarization

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed May 15, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Saeki, Manabu Presidential elections and the electoral college

ISBN:

9798855806755

9798855806748

OCLC:

1584384649

Publisher Number:

CIPO000364926

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license