Presidential Selection The Framers Plan Section 3 How is the President Selected Many different rules govern the selection process The Constitution State and Federal Laws Political Parties ID: 273161
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The PresidencySlide2
Presidential Selection: The Framers’ Plan
Section 3Slide3
How is the President Selected?Many different rules govern the selection process.
The ConstitutionState and Federal LawsPolitical PartiesSlide4
Original ProvisionsFramers did not want President elected by Congress or a direct vote by the people.
Presidential Electors and Electoral CollegeElectors are chosen in each state in a manner the state legislature directed.Each state would have as many electors as it had members of CongressElectors would each cast two electoral votesSlide5
The ElectorsFramers intended Electors would be “the most enlightened and responsible citizens” from each state.
They were to act as “free agents” in choosing the people best qualified to fill the Presidency and Vice PresidencySlide6
The Rise of PartiesFederalists v. Democratic-Republicans
The Election of 1800Each party nominates Presidential and Vice Presidential CandidatesEach party gets electors chosen to the electoral collegeThomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr ties as each elector chose their party’s nominees.Slide7Slide8
Reforms to the Electoral SystemParty politics demonstrated the weakness of the system.
Led to the passage of the 12th Amendment to the Constitution in 1804Made it so there would be separate elections for the President and the Vice President in the Electoral College.