[DOC] [TLE] Why Does the United States Use the Electoral College Instead of a ... [PAR] Sep 19, 2016 ... Mike C. asks: Why don't we use the popular vote to pick the president? ... popular 
votes but lost the election- Gore received 50,996,582 votes and Bush ... So who 
are these voters that actually elect the president and how are they chosen? .... 
Congressional members, on the other hand, were not only already... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about AMERICAN GOV'T - StudyStack [PAR] ORIGINALLY, MEMBERS OF THE U.S. SENATE WERE CHOSEN NOT BY 
POPULAR VOTE, BUT BY THESE BODIES, STATE LEGISLATURES. IN EARLY
... [DOC] [TLE] Why the Constitution's Framers didn't want us to directly elect the ... [PAR] Oct 17, 2012 ... But, on balance, the Framers' decision not to let the people directly elect ... As the 
Committee of Eleven conceived the office of presidential elector, these were not 
to ... of the original 13 states, didn't hold a popular vote in connection with a ... 
chosen by others (and note that the Constitution bars any member... [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Senate: Constitution of the United States [PAR] The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every 
second Year ... Originally, senators were chosen by state legislatures. ... The Vice 
President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no 
Vote, .... Every sovereign nation possesses these powers, and Congress has 
acted... [DOC] [TLE] 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. ... [PAR] The first proposal to amend the Constitution to elect senators by popular vote was 
introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1826, but the idea did not 
gain considerable ... and the Senators elected with their support were dismissed 
as puppets. ... viewing these images please contact legislative.archives@nara.
gov. [DOC] [TLE] Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia [PAR] The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States 
Constitution established the popular election of United States Senators by the 
people of the states. ... There were many advantages to the original method of 
electing senators. .... the first law that based the selection of U.S. senators on a 
popular vote. [DOC] [TLE] Who Will Elect the President? The Electoral College System ... [PAR] But by 1836, almost every state was using a popular vote system. ... electors who 
have not cast their ballots for the candidates they were expected to support. [DOC] [TLE] ThisNation.com--What is the Electoral College and how does it work? [PAR] But the clear runner-up, the question I hear almost as much, is "What's the ... The 
winner of the popular vote in each state is awarded the electoral votes for that 
state. ... votes although it does not send official voting members to the U.S. 
Senate or House. These three electoral votes were granted to Washington, D.C. 
by the... [DOC] [TLE] Electoral College Fast Facts | US House of Representatives: History ... [PAR] House Members Who Received Electoral College Votes ... is the formal body 
which elects the President and Vice President of the United States. ... as it has 
Representatives and Senators in the United States Congress, and the District of 
... cases in which a candidate wins the popular vote, but loses in the Electoral 
College. [DOC] [TLE] Who Should Elect the President? [PAR] We the people do not directly elect the president of the United States; the ... The 
men who wrote the Constitution were deeply mistrustful of popular opinion. ... 
U.S. senators weren't chosen directly by the people, either; state legislatures did 
that. But ... The people do not vote to choose a president but rather to choose 
electors... [DOC] [TLE] The Electoral College - Fairvote [PAR] When U.S. citizens vote for president and vice President every election cycle, 
ballots ... loyal supporters of their political party, but can never be a U.S. Senator 
or Representative. ... electors awarded to the candidate who wins the state's' 
popular votes. ... If no presidential candidate obtains a majority of the electoral 
votes, the... [DOC] [TLE] The electoral college could still stop

Question: Originally, members of the U.S. Senate were chosen not by popular vote, but by these bodies
Answer: state legislatures