Thanks for your reply:
>>”Election is the means that God uses to show his grace and to impart faith on the believer.”
I really don’t follow. Forgive me if I’m wrong, but are you saying that those that respond to His grace with faith, God elects?
If so, then I don’t think your view agrees with Calvinism.
No, I’m saying that those that God elects will respond to His grace (irresistible grace) by the faith that is given to them by the Holy Spirit.
It's His grace that bestows faith.
Thus, His grace causes faith to be operational; salvation by grace through faith is correct.