Select the best answer and click "submit." the executive power shall be vested in a president of the united states of america. he shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the vice president, chosen for the same term, be elected, as follows.

each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress: but no senator or representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the united states, shall be appointed an elector.

the electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves. and they shall make a list of all the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each; which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the united states, directed to the president of the senate.3 what is the main idea of this excerpt from an article in the u. s. constitution?

a. the constitution gives the president the power to select senators and representatives to serve in congress.

b. the constitution creates congress and establishes rules for how senators and representatives are to be elected.

c. the constitution creates the office of the president and establishes rules for how the president is to be elected.

d. the constitution establishes the executive branch as the most powerful branch of government.