The party system has completely perverted the intent of the Electoral College, most centrally by populating it with party loyalists, the worst possible people o

The party system has completely perverted the intent of the Electoral College, most centrally by populating it with party loyalists, the worst possible people on earth for this task. Federalist 68 says Electors were to be deliberative people, people chosen for this task, and not to any preestablished body. Electors chosen from the general mass by their fellow citizens will best be able to carry out "complicated investigations". There is no complication or investigation in the current process! It's 180 degrees from Federalist 68. Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one querter, but chiefly from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils. The present system lends itself directly to blackmail because those with all the money both choose Electors, and are Electors. They are not chosen from the general mass, they are not chosen by the people. And further: They have not made the appointment of the President to depend on any preexisting bodies of men, who might be tampered with beforehand to prostitute their votes; What persons could possibly be more of a prostitute than party loyalists? We would be better off if the Electors were randomly selected from the general population, minus the expressly listed people in Federalist 68: politicians or other person holding a place of trust or profit. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp