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The framers hoped that people chosen to serve as presidential electors would be?
Informed Citizens
What did the Framers hoped that people chosen to serve as presidential electors would be?
The Framers hoped that the individuals chosen as presidential electors would be wise, informed, and independent thinkers who could make decisions in the best interest of the nation. They envisioned electors as a safeguard against the potential pitfalls of direct democracy, believing that these electors would possess the knowledge and judgment necessary to select a qualified president. This mechanism was intended to ensure that the selection of the president was deliberate and not merely a reflection of popular sentiment.
The framers finally decided that the president and vice president would be selected?
By a body of presidential electors
According to the framers plan for electing the president presidential electors would be chosen by?
There was a vote on who the framers thought would do the best and George Washington got the most votes
What is the district plan?
Proposal for choosing presidential electors by which two electors would be selected in each State according to the Statewide popular vote and the other electors would be selected separately in each of the State's congressional districts.
What is district plan?
Proposal for choosing presidential electors by which two electors would be selected in each State according to the Statewide popular vote and the other electors would be selected separately in each of the State's congressional districts.
Can the legislature of the states decide how presidential electors may be chosen?
No, members of the electoral college are chosen by each state's political party. For example, in California, the Democrats and Republicans (and presumably other parties such as the Green and Libertarian Parties) would select 55 devoted party members to be electors. California (as most states) has a winner-take-all system, so if, say Sen. Barack Obama won the popular vote of California, the 55 chosen electors of the Democratic Party of CA would go to their state capitol, Sacramento, on the Monday after the second Wednesday of December to cast their votes. In the 2008 election, it will be Dec. 15. The electors cast separate ballots for President and VP. Under the US Constitution, electors may choose whoever they want, but 24 states have laws punishing faithless electors, or electors who chose a candidate other than their political party's for President. (If you check out 270towin.com, they have historical Presidential election maps, along with mentions of third party electoral vote wins and those "faithless electors
The Framers' original presidential selection plan electors would?
The Framers' original presidential selection plan, as outlined in the U.S. Constitution, established the Electoral College, where electors from each state would be chosen by the state legislatures to formally elect the President and Vice President. This system was designed to balance the influence of populous states with less populous ones and to mitigate direct democracy, reflecting concerns about mob rule. Electors were meant to exercise independent judgment, though over time, the process has evolved into a more direct form of popular vote through state elections.
How were the candidates in the 1800 chosen for president?
In the Jeffersonian democracy presidential candidates would be chosen by caucuses that were held by political leaders. In a Jacksonian democracy the candidates would be chosen by conventions.
Why should you have an electoral college?
There is still debate over why the US has an electoral college and whether it serves any useful purpose. As I see it, when the US Constitution was originally written, democracy was an experimental form of government with very little track record, and a number of safeguards were included, in case the general public were to make terrible decisions. So if the voters choose a really bad Presidential candidate, the electors in the electoral college theoretically can override them and choose someone else. Of course, this presumes that the electors themselves are better chosen than the Presidential candidate, which is an uncertain proposition. But the Founding Fathers were used to living in a society in which people of ability and accomplishment would automatically dominate their fellow citizens and would be chosen as electors. They did not foresee how the position of elector would eventually become just a minor form of political patronage, used to reward campaign workers.
Why should you have electoral college?
There is still debate over why the US has an electoral college and whether it serves any useful purpose. As I see it, when the US Constitution was originally written, democracy was an experimental form of government with very little track record, and a number of safeguards were included, in case the general public were to make terrible decisions. So if the voters choose a really bad Presidential candidate, the electors in the electoral college theoretically can override them and choose someone else. Of course, this presumes that the electors themselves are better chosen than the Presidential candidate, which is an uncertain proposition. But the Founding Fathers were used to living in a society in which people of ability and accomplishment would automatically dominate their fellow citizens and would be chosen as electors. They did not foresee how the position of elector would eventually become just a minor form of political patronage, used to reward campaign workers.
Did the electoral college system originally give power to people or to elected officials when a president is selected?
States were given the power to decide for themselves how their electors would be chosen. I think it was assumed that state legislatures would chose the electors . Such a procedure would give the elected officials more power.
