Electing the Senate : Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment /

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From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people-instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving the public a direct vote. Electing the Senate i...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Schiller, Wendy J. (Autor), Stewart, Charles (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Colección:Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; 146
Temas:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections.
Senate elections.
Senate representation.
Senate seat.
Seventeenth Amendment.
U.S. Constitution.
U.S. Senate.
U.S. senator.
direct election.
direct elections.
electoral systems.
federalism.
indirect election.
indirect elections.
institutional representation.
legislative activity.
partisanship.
party caucus.
political candidates.
political control.
political corruption.
political parties.
political party leaders.
public vote.
representational behavior.
senators.
state elections.
state legislator.
state legislature.
state legislatures.
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