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Why did the Framers prefer representative democracy over direct democracy?
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∙ 8y ago
The Founders universally opposed democracy--we are a Republic, not a Democracy, which means, by definition, that we have a representative form of government not a direct vote. Alexander Hamilton said that "democracy was the surest path to tyranny".
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe Framers were afraid of "mob rule", which is when the majority of people pursue a course of action in direct opposition to the rights of minorities. By winnowing the pool of voters through a representative system, the Framers believed that they could limit the people who vote on policy to a subset of more educated gentlemen who would not allow for mob rule.
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∙ 8y agoIn 1789 a large percentage of the country was foreign born, didn't speak English, and the framers felt they didn't understand how a democratic government worked. At the time the only voter was a white male over 21 who owned landed so there never has been a direct democracy. Washington felt that only through education could a democracy be maintained.
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