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Federalist No. 68

I edited and created most of this article, working from the Constitutional Congress to Hamilton's words themselves, and then finally the Anti-Federalist perspective. However, because the modern perspective has its own page (through the U.S. electoral college), I did not comment on that too much in the article. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jlove1982 04:15, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, nice work! Here are some suggestions:

add a second paragraph to the introduction giving an overview of the contents and some context, something like "The convention was arguing about what method to use to select the President, and considered direct election, state-appointed electors, election by the Senate...(etc.). Hamilton forcefully advocated a plan, eventually adopted by the Convention, that essentially became the modern electoral college, winning favor over the competing ideas of John Doe, Frank Doe, etc. A counter-essay, written by X under the name Y, criticized Hamilton's views as "elitist" (or whatever).
change the first section from "History" to "Background." Add information not just about the Convention, but also why they were having a convention and why they cared about choosing the Chief Executive in any particular way. "Prior to 1788, the young United States was governed under the Articles of Confederation, which proved too unwieldy to allow effective management of the growing nation. Delegates convened in Philadelphia to draft a new Constitution, however, the anti-royal sentiments that in part had underpinned the American Revolution manifested themselves as opposition to an unduly strong Chief Executive...."

Kaisershatner 15:06, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, here's a good source:[1] Kaisershatner 15:34, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]