George C. Edwards III Quotes

United States, Professor
1947

George C. Edwards III is university distinguished professor of political science and Jordan Chair in Presidential Studies at Texas A&M University and distinguished fellow at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford. He is a leading scholar of American politics, particularly of the American presidency, authoring or editing 25 books and more than 80 articles and essays.

...for two centuries supporters of the Electoral College have built their arguments on a series of faulty premises. The Electoral College is a gross violation of the cherished value of political equality. At the same time, it does not protect the interests of small states or racial minorities, nor does it serve as a bastion of federalism. Instead the Electoral College distorts the presidential campaign so that candidates ignore most small states - and many large ones - and pay little attention to minorities.

George C. Edwards III