Which method of selecting a president did many of the framers initially favor

 The correct answer is : Congress chooses the president.

Explanation:   This was the initial idea of the framers, but finally they decided that the president and the vice president were elected by a body of presidential electors and that the candidate who took the second place in terms of the majority of votes, would be the vice president. The framers created the electoral college because they did not want a tyrant to come to power manipulating the opinion of all people.

is there answer choices?

answer; the president uses mass media to gain support for policies;