POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Article One Of The United States Constitution, The Other Campaign, Microtargeting
14 Sep 2016
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Elections clause of constitution: states have power to select time, place, manner of elections. America is complicated, we have different rules for different elections (contrast with a parliamentary system) Debates about how to select president were generally centered around two ideas: But, worried about president being dependent on congress for of ce. Founders skeptical about feasibility of running a national election; also worried about the capabilities of the common man to select president. One thing the founders generally agreed on: candidates for president shouldn"t campaign. It is the of ce that should seek the man, not the man that should seek the of ce . Unclear where the idea and mechanics of the electoral college came from. Technically speaking, each state picks their electors to serve in the electoral college and those electors vote for who the state chose. One electoral vote for each member of the house/senate a state has plus 3 for dc.
