Under the original Constitution, which was the only part of the national government directly elected by the people?
Which of the three branches do you think was the only one elected directly by the people?
executive? House of representatives elected by the people with no filter. The executive has a filter with the electoral college. I am confused, Which is it? Please explain
It has to be House of Representatives because they are elected directly by the people
Right. Congress is also directly elected by the people.
Yes, you are correct. Under the original Constitution, both the House of Representatives and the Senate were directly elected by the people. The House of Representatives was intended to be the branch of government that represented the interests of the people, and members were elected directly by the voters in their respective districts. The Senate, on the other hand, was designed to represent the interests of the states, and prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were elected by state legislatures.
As for the executive branch, the President is not directly elected by the people. Instead, the President is chosen through the Electoral College system. Under this system, voters in each state choose electors who then cast their votes for the President. The number of electors each state has is based on its representation in Congress. This indirect method of electing the President was chosen by the framers of the Constitution as a way to balance the interests of large and small states and to ensure that the President was selected by a deliberative body rather than a simple majority vote.
So, to summarize, under the original Constitution, the only part of the national government that was directly elected by the people were the members of the House of Representatives.