Not yet - It was known that moving west was though. And the lands west
were wider than the south was deep.

Some people think ahead.

Martin

On 12/22/2016 8:35 PM, wrote:
On Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 8:23:29 PM UTC-5, Martin Eastburn wrote:
The electors are elected by state by the voting public.
NOT just people who live there, want to or has a voting card.

The constitution allows only the electors to elect a president.

The popular vote by state is to elect electors.

The total popular vote is just for fun. It means NOTHING. Never
intended for anything. It was well known that population movement and
the expanding west required a leveling of the vote.

Consider the land rush. Unknown response. Consider the Homestead of
1000 acres. Unknown response. If a flood of people went west - it
did, both by 'go west my son...' and later Gold. The Northeast lost
hundreds of Ships/crew/men/property/wealth as everyone jumped to the
West Coast. After WW II, the Pacific Army / Marines stayed west.
Dust bowl - moved further west after the government caused the dust bowl.

There was no land rush, nor gold rush, nor any western "flood" of people when the Electoral College was established (1787) nor when it was modified when the 12th Amendment was ratified. (1804).

The plan was worked out by a committee from among several alternatives, including direct election, in 1787. As Rudy said, the 3/5 rule for slaves was part of it -- possibly the determining part.