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Why Ann Coulter Has Power: U.S. Politics are Authoritarian by Design
Street, Paul
http://www.counterpunch.org/2019/02/08/why-ann-coulter-has-power-u-s-politics-are-authoritarian-by-design/Date Written: 2019-02-08 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2019 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX23534 A description of undemocratic processes in the US government - the Electoral College, gerrymandering, etc. - and how these allow a small minority to decide the leadership of the country. Abstract: -- Excerpt: U.S.-American presidential electoral polling data is commonly cited as if U.S-Americans elect their presidents on the democratic basis of one person-one vote. They don't. We hear that presidential candidates X, Y, and Z are supported by some certain percentages of U.S. American voters surveyed in national polls. That’s nice, but there’s a problem. "We the People" don’t elect U.S. presidents, founding finaglers Alexander Hamilton and James Madison’s Electors do.... Trump's chances for a second term depend on getting out his right-wing racist and nativist, anti-immigrant base in just fifteen states. Subject Headings |