Commentary On Elections-Part Seventy-One

Commentary On Elections-Part Seventy-One

State governments should select federal senators while only the electorate, through electoral voting, should choose both sets of Presidential and Vice-Presidential electors. State governments are area-based so its selection will be based on an area-based democratic model. Because the federal senate is also based on an area-based democratic model, it is important that the entity who does the choosing of its members is also area-based. In pertinence to the legislative branch, the democratic model has to be the same for both the "chooser" and "chosen".

In pertinence to the executive branch, the democratic model has to be different for both the "chooser" and "chosen". Since each the President and Vice-President are area-based positions, their electors should be chosen by the People separately even as the People's votes are counted electorally. The President presides over the functioning of the federal bureaucracy and he/she commands the nation's military. Therefore his/her capacity is based on the area-based democratic model. The Vice-President presides over the U.S. Senate, which is also based on the area-based democratic model. Therefore like the electors of the POTUS, the electors of the VPOTUS should also be chosen by the People as a separate tally even as People's votes are counted electorally.

The legislatures are Closer To The People so the democratic model on how they are chosen and the democratic model which they are based on have to be the same. The executive branch is prohibited from "bending its will" to populism as easily as the legislative branch. Therefore they have to keep more distance from the People they serve than the legislative branch. The democratic model on how they are chosen and the democratic model which they are based on have to be different.