The electoral college would show the basic plan of government that was created over 200 years ago. The electoral college was a group of electors, who selected the president. And each state legislature could determine how that state's elector's should be chosen. It was created by the first Constitutional congress in 1787 but then dismantled before the election of President James Manroe. It was then reinstituted following the civil war as a way to protect the un-educated citizens of both the north and the south by alloting each state a number of votes per the population. It is still in use today because it was never disbanded, though many people believe it is no longer an effective way to select the president.