How did the framers arrange for the electors to choose the president and the vice president?

Answer 1

Back in 1787, each state's government sent representatives to Philadelphia to amend the current law, the Articles of Confederation. Finding it impossible to do this effectively, the delegates took it upon themselves to write a basic law from scratch. These men came from a variety of places and backgrounds and held a wide range of political views.

Answer 2

Originally it was planned that state legislators would select a state's electors, who would meet and vote independently in the Electoral College, casting votes for two different individuals. The one with the most votes would become President, the one with the second highest total would become Vice President.

Some scholars suspect that the nature of the voting was intended not to produce victors, but rather to narrow the candidates for President and Vice-President, to be then chosen by Congress. Most states adopted a popular vote for electors instead.

(As amended by the 12th Amendment, failure of the Electoral College to produce a majority, as opposed to a plurality, would have the House elect the President and the Senate elect the Vice President. This could have occurred in the election of 1912, where incumbent Taft won only 8 electoral votes and Theodore Roosevelt finished second to Wilson. But Wilson had a majority.)

Answer 3

Originally it was planned that state legislators would select a state's electors, who would meet and vote independently in the Electoral College, casting votes for two different individuals. The one with the most votes would become President, the one with the second highest total would become Vice President.

Some scholars suspect that the nature of the voting was intended not to produce victors, but rather to narrow the candidates for President and Vice-President, to be then chosen by Congress. Most states adopted a popular vote for electors instead.

(As amended by the 12th Amendment, failure of the Electoral College to produce a majority, as opposed to a plurality, would have the House elect the President and the Senate elect the Vice President. This could have occurred in the election of 1912, where incumbent Taft won only 8 electoral votes and Theodore Roosevelt finished second to Wilson. But Wilson had a majority.)

Answer 4

The framers set up the system of electors to elect the President. It was up to the states to decide the method they wanted to use to select their electors. It was probably supposed that most electors would be chosen by the state legislators rather than the rank and file voters. State legislators were (and still are ) mostly land owners and lawyers and people with better educations and more money than the average man. Of course women and slaves were not allowed to vote.

Answer 5

the would vote for the people in their area and choose the person that the majority people wanted.

Answer 6

The Framers of the Constitution first intended for the President to be elected by popular vote. However, it was better to use the electoral college.

Answer 7

They were to be "free agents" in choosing the people best qualified to fill the nation's two highest offices.