The Constitution was designed to identify the rights of individual citizens, limit the powers of the Federal Government and assign the remaining rights of governance to the States. As such, the people had a House of Representatives (through popular vote) to represent their interests and the States selected members of the Senate (through their state legislature) to represent their interests. The Electoral College was designed to provide citizens and States (both of whom had an interest in the Federal Government) a part in the selection of the President by giving each State the number of electors based on its delegation to Congress (House and Senate).