Once upon a time the people and the counties were
represented in the legislatures od the state. The large metropolitan counties controlled the state Hose of Representatives and the rural counties controlled the state Senate.
When the State's House proposed legislation that was detrimental to the interests od the rural counties.the state's Senate could block the legislation.
When the Supreme Court ruled that both legislative Houses in the state legislatures needed to be apportioned based on population this important check on the tyranny od the majority was lost..
At one time the legislatures of the states were bicameral with one house
to repesent the peoplee and another house to represnt yhr counties.
When lefislation is proposed and the majority in both house express their will epresnt the
the best interests of the counties are not even considered. In other words
the republican form of government was replaced with a form of democracy.
The Consti-tution gave the states the right to decide how their state electors would be chosen. With the republican model, the electors could be chosen by the legislatures of the states or elected by the voters. The state legislatures were not given the authority to allow political parties to choose the Presidential Electors It was unconstitutional for the legislatures to transfer this authority choose the electors to political parties.
In the democratic model the people are allowed to directly vote for the states electors
Choosing Electors 1788 - 1789
Choosing Electors 1792
Choosing Electors 1796
Choosing Electors 1800
Choosing Electors 1804
Choosing Electors 1808
Choosing Electors 1812
Choosing Electors 1816
Choosing Electors 1820
Choosing Electors 1824
Choosing Electors 1828
In 1820 James Monroe ran un-opposed for President as the Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate. In the 1824 election all four of the candidates, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford and Henry Clay were members of the Democratic Republican Party. The party realized that it would be to their advantage to have just one candidate.
When Andrew Jackson lost the election of 1824 the Democratic Party was born on January 8, 1828. They decided to nominate Andrew Jackson for President in 1828 and they became unified behind one candidate.
The 1832 Democratic National Convention was held from May 21 to May 23, 1832, in Baltimore, Maryland. In the first presidential nominating convention ever held by the Democratic Party, incumbent President Andrew Jackson was nominated for a second term, while former Secretary of State Martin Van Buren was nominated for vice president.
The Whig Party was a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States. ... The Whigs emerged in the 1830s in opposition to President Andrew Jackson, pulling together former members of the National Republican Party, the Anti-Masonic Party, and disaffected Democrats.
John Adams won all 12 of the states electoral votes even though the majority of representatices in the state legislature were anti federalists. If only electors from predominatley anti federliasts districts had been allowed to vote for the candudate iod their choice Jefferson would have won the Presidential election.
