Why do the method of electing the president and vice president changed?

Answer 1

The republican side hasn't changed much. The democratic side has changed significantly. In 1972 George Mcgovern won the popular vote for the democratic party. Many party leaders didn't agree with the decision, but due to their party rules they had no choice but to put him against the republican incumbant Richard Nixon. Mcgovern was not a very strong candidate and lost by a landslide. This was hard to phathom considering many believe a trained monkey could have defeated Nixon (who ended up resigning before being impeached). After the results of the 1972 Election the democrats instituted Super-Delegates with the sole goal to make sure the presidential candidate is selected inteligently and with electability in mind.

Answer 2

The Twelfth Amendment changed the electoral college voting procedures from voting for two presidential candidates to voting for a president and vice president. This is because, the possibility of a president having a vice-president who had ran second to him in the election could limit the effectiveness of their working relationship. It also moved that the electors couldn't vote for a president and vice-presidential candidate from their own home state. It was believed this would create a conflict of interests.

Answer 3

This occurred because before the Twelfth Amendment, electors voted twice for President but could not vote for the same person twice. Whomever got the most votes became President, whomever came in second became Vice President. The founders did not foresee and even sought to avoid the establishment of Political Parties. The problem became apparent with the election of John Adams, a Federalist, as President; and Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic Republican as Vice President.

It was changed so that electors voted for the office of President once, and the office of Vice President once. The concept of running mates, at least in the way we understand it today, did not exist until after the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment.

To make it more clear, if the change was not made: George W. Bush would have been elected President in 2004 as normal, but John Kerry would have been the Vice President.

Answer 4

It used to be that the man who came in first became president and the guy who came in second became the vice president. Well, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams really couldn't stand each other, which was an issue when Adams beat out Jefferson in 1796. Adams pushed a whole lot of pretty odious laws (like the Alien and Sedition Act) through the Congress that his vice president openly and publicly worked against and criticized.

In 1800, Jefferson won the presidency and his VP was Aaron Burr (they didn't get along either, and Burr later was tried for treason).

Anyway, enough was enough and they pushed the 12th amendment through Congress in 1803, and the states ratified it really quickly so they could get rid of this unworkable system before the next presidential election.

Answer 5

It has become more democratized. Originally, State governments chose the members of the Electoral College; now, the voters choose them directly. Also, originally voting was largely limited to white men over 21 with a specified amount of property.

Answer 6

The presidency was originally decided the same way it is now, in a public election. However, the runner up used to become the vice president.

Answer 7

it was changed because they wanted someone tHt lived in the united states for a long period of time and old enough to run for president

Answer 8

the structure of the federal government

Answer 9

dishonest electors