Congressional Quarterly, 2000. This is a fantastic resource to own, especially if you have young scholars in the house. This one volume encyclopedia covers a huge range of topics, from biographies of historical figures to important papers, legislation, and political philosophies. This is just a small sample. This book would come in so handy on countless homework assignments, not to mention helping those of us who forgot most of what we learned in high school social studies class.
Critics charge that it means that the votes case for a losing candidate count for nothing.
They also point out that a candidate can win a state with only a small plurality of the vote. For example, in the 1992 election George Bush won all the electoral votes of both Arizona and Kansas with just 39 percent of the popular vote. Bill Clinton received all the electoral votes of Maine and New Hampshire with the same percentage. There is also no assurance that the electors will vote as expected. In fact, the men who wrote the Constitution assumed that electors would exercise their own judgment in selecting the president.