PAPERS ON THE ORIGINS, EVOLUTION, OPERATIONS AND PROPERTIES
OF THE U.S. ELECTORAL COLLEGE


"The U.S. Electoral College".  In Robert S. Rycroft, ed., The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Press, 2017, pp. 386-389.

"Even Without ‘Senate’ Electoral Votes, the Size of the U.S. House of Representatives Could Still Determine the Outcome of Presidential Elections"LSE Blog: USAPP– American Politics and Policy, November 27, 2014

"Problems with the National Popular Vote Plan". Saving America.Com: Ballot Box, August 2014

"The House Size Effect and the Referendum Paradox in U.S. Presidential Elections", Electoral Studies,  35 (September, 2014): 265-271


"Why the Electoral College Is Good for Political Science", Public Choice, 150/1-2 (January, 2012): 1-25

"Banzhaf Voting Power, Random Elections, and the Electoral College Winner’s Advantage"
, Electoral Studies, 30 (December, 2011): 829-833    Full Tables 1(a), 1(b), and 2 [PDF]

"Election Inversions by the U.S. Electoral College", in Dan S. Felsenthal and Moshé Machover, eds., Electoral Systems: Paradoxes, Assumptions, and Procedures, Heidelberg: Springer, 2012 (Chapter 4, pp. 93-127)

"A Priori Voting Power and the U.S. Electoral College"Homo Oeconomicus, 26/3-4, 2009



PowerPoint Presentations

Election Inversions by Variants of the U.S. Electoral College, Public Choice Society, March 2015

Election Inversions By the U.S. Electoral College, Public Choice Society, March 2011

Election Inversions and the U.S. Electoral College, Voting Power and Procedures (VPP) Summer Workshop on Assessing Alternative Voting Procedures, Chateau du Baffy, Normandy, France, July 20-August 2, 2010.       

Why the Electoral College Is Good for Political Science (and Public Choice),  Public Choice Society, March 2010

A Priori Voting Power and the U.S. Electoral College,  Public Choice Society, March 2010

Analyzing the Electoral College,  Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Washington DC, October 14, 2008

The U.S. Electoral College: Origins and Transformation, Problems and Prospects, UMBC Constitution Day, September 17, 2008

The U.S. Electoral College: Origins and Transformation, Variants and Problems, Program in Voting Power and Procedures (VPP), London School of Economics, London UK, May 6, 2008.


Power Point Presentations from POLI 309 and POLI 423
Voting to Elect a Single Candidate
The Origins and Transformation of the Electoral College
The Effect of House Size, Apportionment, and Districting on the Electoral College
Origins and Transformation of the Electoral College
Voting Power in the Electoral College
Overview of Presidential Elections
Popular Votes and Electoral Votes
The Changing Battleground
Multi-Candidate Presidential Elections and the Contingent Procedure

How Does the Electoral College Translate Popular Votes into Electoral Votes?  [Overview of Elections, Alternate Scenarios, Charts]  [in progress]