One concept of the general election process that has both remained consent and changed is the Electoral College. Similarities exist in that he functioning of the college and general rules remain the same. Differences are in the way the election system has changed, namely a party system. Because of the way the system is set up and generally the way the country evolved, campaigns are run much differently than the Framers intended. The framers of the constitution set up the Electoral College as a means not be controlled by Congress. “According to the terms of the Electoral College compromise, presidential electors were to be chosen by the states in a manner designated by their legislatures… the electors could not simultaneously hold a federal government positon…the person who receive a majority of votes cast by the Electoral College would be president” (Davidson, 64). What this means is that sates were a loud to produce their own legislation in choosing electorates, as such presidential candidates need not fear congressional collusion in being swayed to run a certain way. The bases of the College remains much the same today, in that each state by default is given two votes and the rest are amounted to population bases. …show more content…
However, early on, particularly under the Jefferson and Burr campaign, party identification began to take hold by means of Democratic Republicans and the Federalist party. With exception to the Whig party and other lesser parties today (green and libertarian party), identification of Republicans (Democratic Republicans) and Democrats are the only two parties in today’s races. Meaning that the creation of party identification has both informally and formally reshaped general