Jay K. Dow, "Electing the House: The Adoption and Performance of the U.S. Single-Member District Electoral System"
English | ISBN: 0700624104 | 2017 | 304 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
In the United States we elect members of the House of Representative from single-member districts: the candidate who receives the most votes from each geographically defined district wins a seat in the House. This system-so long in place that it seems perfectly natural-is, however, unusual. Most countries use proportional representation to elect their legislatures. Electing the House is the first book-length study to explore how the US came to adopt the single-member district system, how it solidified into a seemingly permanent fixture of American government and whether it performs well by the standards it was intended to achieve.