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<blockquote data-quote="Pullman Brown" data-source="post: 5986161" data-attributes="member: 73012">Originally the electors would be selected by state legislatures. The people choose the state representatives then the states would choose the president essentially. The States( Federalism) are the critical element to choosing the president not the National Popular Vote Bill. George Mason” it would be as unnatural to refer the choice of a proper character for chief Magistrate to the people, as it would, to refer a trial of colours to a blind man. The extent of the Country renders it impossible that the people can have the requisite capacity to judge of the respective pretensions of the Candidates.”&nbsp;Very few members of the founding generation considered the American people as an amorphous “people”; they were the people of the STATES, and the state have a clear role in the Constitution from the beginning to end, including the selection of the President.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pullman Brown, post: 5986161, member: 73012"] Originally the electors would be selected by state legislatures. The people choose the state representatives then the states would choose the president essentially. The States( Federalism) are the critical element to choosing the president not the National Popular Vote Bill. George Mason” it would be as unnatural to refer the choice of a proper character for chief Magistrate to the people, as it would, to refer a trial of colours to a blind man. The extent of the Country renders it impossible that the people can have the requisite capacity to judge of the respective pretensions of the Candidates.” Very few members of the founding generation considered the American people as an amorphous “people”; they were the people of the STATES, and the state have a clear role in the Constitution from the beginning to end, including the selection of the President. [/QUOTE]

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