Marcas Ó Doibhilin on Nostr: npub1xyjz6…c3kn5 That's part of the reason for the EC, to be sure. But also, the ...
npub1xyjz6d2njt8rwdxzp4kr9hw79l5cjp42mh79tm5u84ka507nv3jsxc3kn5 (npub1xyj…3kn5) That's part of the reason for the EC, to be sure.
But also, the framers thought the EC would ensure that only loyal Americans of the best character would be elected president. As Hamilton argued in Federalist 68, the EC would ensure that “the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications [but has only] talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity”.
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But also, the framers thought the EC would ensure that only loyal Americans of the best character would be elected president. As Hamilton argued in Federalist 68, the EC would ensure that “the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications [but has only] talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity”.
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