"how did the framers decide the president and vice president should be selected? "

US Presidents are elected by the people, sort of. Each state must conduct an election on the 1st Tuesday after the first Monday in November every four years. After the votes are tallied the candidate with the most votes is awarded that state's electoral votes. Each state and DC have electors in the Electoral College equal to their Congressional representation. In Ohio, for instance, there are 18 congressional districts and 2 Senators which means they have 20 electors. Why do we have electors and not just a popular vote? Larger states like California or Texas could drown out the votes of say Idaho or Rhode Island. The founders wanted a candidate to have a broad appeal and not just cater to population centers. The electors are based on population anyhow so the larger states have an advantage all the same. The party who wins the electors then sends delegates to Washington to vote for their candidates. The delegates are not legally bound to vote for the winner of the state elections and while a few people in history have cast a vote for someone other than the person who won, it hasn't amounted to any differences in presidential outcomes. The votes are tallied in the well of the House of Representatives in a joint session of Congress. It is presided over by the President of the Senate who happens to be the sitting Vice President of the United States. In 1988 the winner of the election was George H.W. Bush who also happened to be the sitting Vice President and so he declared himself the winner. In 2000, after a bitter and partisan fight over votes in Florida, George W. Bush was the winner of the electors from Florida thus the Presidency and the proceedings in the House was presided over by his opponent, the sitting Vice President, Al Gore, who declared Bush the winner.

isolationism is a doctrine practiced by the united states for much of its history with the aim of not intervening in external affairs that did not pose a real threat to their country. the united states managed to maintain a state of political isolation throughout the nineteenth century and the first part of the xx. few nations have been able to maintain such a position for such a long period of time. historians argue that it is largely due to geographical reasons, given the physical distance between europe and the usa. uu the venataja of this situation is that the national state can spend its resources in satisfying all the needs of its inhabitants, without the need to invest in armament and equipment for a war that does not directly affect the country.

internationalism is a political and cultural movement that advocates for greater political and economic cooperation among nations for mutual benefit. this novimiento was transformed over time, today it includes military intervention in international conflicts with the objective of maintaining peace. the advantage of this move is in the international contacts and the influence developed by the country that carries it forward.

between the two modes of relations between states, i prefer the first, since i believe it is of the utmost importance to satisfy the needs of citizens and work for their development and as a last option to act on the international level.

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