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When the “Founding Fathers” drafted the American Constitution, they found it difficult to determine the method for electing the country’s president. They initially thought about entrusting members of Congress with this task, but they backed down for fear of corruption.
The founders also did not leave the right to choose directly to the people due to the widespread ignorance and illiteracy at that time, in addition to their desire not to marginalize the sparsely populated states.
In the end, a complex method was agreed upon that gives states the right to choose the president by sending delegates to vote in an electoral college on behalf of each state, and the number of representatives for each state is equal to the number of its representatives in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The constitution stipulates that the candidate who wins the majority of the state’s votes receives the votes of all members of its electoral college. This means that citizens do not choose the president, but rather choose who they will elect in the electoral college.
