[conservatism_IS_compassion]

It all boils down to the fact that under the Constitution, the states elect the POTUS. And that an animus against the states is entailed in anything which democratizes the selection of officers whose number is related to the number of states.

Article V defines the way the Constitution can be amended, and that is by the states. The Constitution itself was originally ratified by the states. The Constitution defines a republic, and it is a “messy” governmental structure. By design. It woulda been easy to define a democracy, but the framers of the Constitution were dead set against that. And they had sound reasons.

[Jacquerie]

Our Framers don’t get the credit they deserve. Their presidential electoral system was designed to avoid the road to ruin so typical in republics: popular election of a demagogic strongman who promises to quell that which he foments, meaning societal discord and anarchy, by rewarding his supporters and destroying his opponents.

The first purpose of the Electoral College was to elevate men of only the highest virtue, wisdom and talents to the executive office.

In order to exercise his powers for the greater good of the nation, these exceptional men were not to be beholden in any way to the electors who put them into office or to anyone else. Like hereditary kings, un-beholden presidents were to stand above factional disputes. They were to execute their sworn duty to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States,” without the encumbrance of paying off political debts.

To do this, society in each state forms a temporary pool or college of presidential electors. Instead of imposing the exact procedure to be used, the Framers assisted the cause of ratification by assigning to the states the responsibility of designing their particular elector selection systems. The people or state legislatures would hopefully vote for upstanding men as presidential electors, who in turn would likewise use their measured judgement in their vote for president.

Soon after the electors are determined, have them caucus in their states and vote on the same day nationwide for their choice of president. With so little time between the creation of electors, whose identity is unknown to the public, and their vote for president, the Framers’ design rendered corruption of the electors all but impossible.

State elector ballot results were then sealed and sent to the President of the US Senate, who would open the certificates in a joint session of congress. Under the Framers’ design, the outcome of presidential elections wasn’t known until the results were made public in the presence of congress.

More at Donald Trump - The Echo of our Framers' Uncorrupted President.

http://articlevblog.com/2016/07/donald-trump-the-echo-of-our-framers-uncorrupted-president/