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Often appears with: qualified leadership · majority vote for president · executive independence · elections and representation · counsel and advisers to rulers · contingent election by the house
Usually: argument (1) · praise (1)
He explains how President and Vice-President are chosen by electors, how the House selects among top vote-getters if no majority exists, and he argues this yields qualified leaders and stable executive independence.
of Representatives shall select out of the candidates who shall have the five highest number of votes, the man who in their opinion may be best qualified for the office. The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popular…