Distorting Democracy - Paperback

by Carolyn Renée DuPont (Author), Stephen Clements (Contribution by)

Distorting Democracy will awaken Americans to the perils of our system by unveiling the Electoral College's origins, history, and present operations. This book demonstrates that the system has no principled foundation, that it has changed dramatically over its 230-year history, and that it threatens the legitimacy of our political system in the present.

Author Biography

Carolyn Renée Dupont is professor of American history at Eastern Kentucky University. She is the author of Mississippi Praying: Southern White Evangelicals and the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1975 (NYU 2013), which won the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize from the American Society of Church Historians. She holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Kentucky.

Dupont lives in Jessamine County, Kentucky. She co-leads a group of local citizens from diverse political perspectives who come together to dialogue, find common ground, and work toward mutual understanding.