"Americans currently choose their president through the electoral college, an extraordinarily complex mechanism that may elect the candidate who does not receive the most votes. In this book, George Edwards III argues that - contrary to what supporters of the electoral college claim - there is no real justification for a system that might violate majority rule." "Edwards finds that the electoral college does not protect the interests of small states...

Examines the foreign and domestic policies of President George W Bush's administration. This book analyses how highly polarized - in terms of public opinion and electoral patterns - this presidency has proved to be (in a chapter by the editors). It addresses the processes of decision making especially in respect to the war against Iraq.