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At the time when the constitution was written not all people were able to vote. Only white men over the age of 21 who owned land could vote and the delegates of the convention really didn't trust that a president could be elected by this population. They had the view that most people were not well educated and/or were from somewhere else. 90% of the country were farmers and a large percentage didn't speak or read English. Even as late as 1830 60% of NYC was nonEnglish speaking, so the delegates made a system that would ensure that the election of the president would stay in the hands of the congress.

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