Electoral college
From your book, A History of the Republic.
"The framers of the Constitution debated whether to let voters elect the President directly. But this idea worried them. In the late 1700's, news traveled slowly. The framers argued that New Englanders would probably know little about a candidate for President from the South. And a candidate from Pennsylvania would be unknown to voters in Massachusetts or Georgia..."
"To solve this problem, the Constitution set up a system for electors from each state to choose the President. State legislatures would decide how to choose their leaders. Every four years, the electors met as a group, called the electoral college. The electoral college voted for the President and Vice President of the United States."
"The framers of the Constitution debated whether to let voters elect the President directly. But this idea worried them. In the late 1700's, news traveled slowly. The framers argued that New Englanders would probably know little about a candidate for President from the South. And a candidate from Pennsylvania would be unknown to voters in Massachusetts or Georgia..."
"To solve this problem, the Constitution set up a system for electors from each state to choose the President. State legislatures would decide how to choose their leaders. Every four years, the electors met as a group, called the electoral college. The electoral college voted for the President and Vice President of the United States."