During the same period, states began to include regular citizens more directly in picking the president. In 1800, a majority of state legislatures chose their state’s electors themselves, with no input at all from the voters.31 But as some states started to adopt direct voting for electors, it became politically impossible for the others not to follow suit. By 1832, all states but one, South Carolina, had adopted a popular vote for their presidential electors.
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