(03-22-2019, 01:33 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(03-21-2019, 07:23 AM)mikesez Wrote: Four of you say it "works as designed."
maybe we can ask one of the people who designed it if that's actually the case..
https://www.fairvote.org/why-james-madis...-president

The speeches that article referenced talked about appointing the President by voting--not the legislative branch. The conversation was about how he was against Congress appointing the President. Madison simply talking about alternatives, but ultimately returning to his original stance, doesn't mean he was against it or that it didn't work.

Today we have two jurisdictions (Maine and Nebraska) that apportion their electoral votes by districts, and 49 jurisdictions ( assthe thatother 50 states plus DC) assign them as winner-take-all. 
From beginning to end, Madison thought that winner-take-all was disastrous. And it is. when a few States adopted it, suddenly all of the states felt compelled to join them. 
Towards the end of his life, Madison also wanted the electors to vote twice, so that some whose first choice candidate did not get much support would have an opportunity to vote for a stronger candidate.

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