WI the whole electoral college had met in one place with the option of voting (perhaps up to 7 times over 7 days) if no one candidate won a majority.
In OTL it would have been logistically hard but not impossible in 1787 (and much easier as time went by)
The Constituional convention did not like Democracy and the House of Representatives was seen as a concession to that idea. Giving in effect more power to electors might have appealed to them
I presume that the first time this would make a difference would be 1800.
In OTL Federalists decided that they preferred Burr to Jefferson. If that was what looked like happening when electors got together Democratic Republicans might have voted for some wholly different second candidate.
There would have been no twelth amendment. The Vice President might be more powerful, though would sometimes be a President's opponent,
In OTL it would have been logistically hard but not impossible in 1787 (and much easier as time went by)
The Constituional convention did not like Democracy and the House of Representatives was seen as a concession to that idea. Giving in effect more power to electors might have appealed to them
I presume that the first time this would make a difference would be 1800.
In OTL Federalists decided that they preferred Burr to Jefferson. If that was what looked like happening when electors got together Democratic Republicans might have voted for some wholly different second candidate.
There would have been no twelth amendment. The Vice President might be more powerful, though would sometimes be a President's opponent,