The People's Choice

by Jeff Greenfield

Book Overview

What happens if the President-elect of the United States dies before the Electoral College has a chance to officially vote him in? What happens if the Vice President-elect is a man who nobody dreams... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452277051
• ISBN13: 9780452277052
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Political Junkie Fun

While covering Campaign 2000 late last October, I loaned this book to my boss, who started it... and then, after Election Day, was unable to finish it because Greenfield's imagined fiasco was too close to reality. (In fact, Greenfield said that what happened in the 2000 election put this book to shame.)Greenfield is television's smartest and most knowledgable commentator about elections, and this comedic novel about the Electoral College -- imagining what might happen if, following the president-elect's death, the electors decided they did not want to make the vice president-elect president -- is full of great historical tidbits. Greenfield is at his best, and seems to be enjoying himself the most, where filling pages with anecdotes about electoral wrinkles in the past. That's where the book shines.As for the story itself, it is a bit thin, and the ending is less than satisfying. But, especially with the renewed (but now-waning) interest in the Electoral College, this book is a fun read.

A must read for EVERYONE this election year!

I first read this book in 1996 when I was 15. This year, I plan on reading it for the THIRD TIME! Not only is this book a great satarical look at our political system, it gives a great inside(and often hystarical) look at how the media operates while attempting to cover the events that occur throught the novel.

An insiders view

Having been on the "inside" of party politics I found this book to have a cynical yet laughingly true ring.I found it entertaining and, at parts, laugh out loud funny.Jeff Greenfield captures the insanity of the political process and the wierd assortment of types that populate the game.

Very interesting and surprisingly well written.

Okay, I'll admit it -- thriller novels turning on obscure parts of the Constitution aren't all that common. But I enjoyed this book and -- as a professor of Constitutional Law -- I've often assigned excerpts as a way of illustrating that obscure parts of the Constitution really *do* matter. (Eric Harry's "Arc Light" is another that gets similar service). But even if you don't teach Constitutional Law you are likely to find Greenfield's book interesting and enjoyable. The ending is a bit implausible, but heck, it's fiction. A good read, at least for political/legal junkies like me.

I really enjoyed this book

I had to read this book for my 9th grade gov't class. I'm glad I did. I found the book very intriguing, always making me turn the page to see what happened next. It is very possible that the situations in Greenfield's book could actually happen. I enjoyed the characters, especially Dorothy Ledger and Alan Viegle. My project on this book is due tommorow so...