We don't have the Electoral College Hamilton envisioned in Federalist 68. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_c

We don't have the Electoral College Hamilton envisioned in Federalist 68. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp They were supposed to be regular people, not politicians. And certainly not the worst people ever conceived: party loyalists. That's The system we use. It's also not the ultimate decision making body. If the results are disputed, and no candidate gets 270 Electors, House of Representatives chooses the president, one vote per state. Senate choose VP, one vote per senator.