10-14-2020, 04:39 PM
(10-14-2020, 04:13 PM)Millhouse Wrote: Also the founders had to know they were creating a two party system by default of how the Constitution was formed.
Thy could not have known because there were no parties back then.
The framers envisioned multiple candidates splitting the popular vote so much that no one person would get a true majority. Therefore they expected the House of Representatives to pick the President. But each Sate only got ONE vote instead a vote for each seat they have in the house.
Trump would win the 2020 election if it went to the House of Representatives even though Democrats hold a majority of the seats. This is because a majority of the Sates would vote Republican.
