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Why does the founding fathers want an electoral college to elect the president?
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∙ 6y ago
they did not trust the general public to vote wisely.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThey were ready to have Congress elect the President in every election, but they agreed to the electoral college system as a compromise.
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Which best describes the purpose of the Electoral College in the US?
"The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."
Was the Electoral College an appropriate tool to accomplish what the Founding Fathers intended?
Massachusetts
Why does the US have the electoral college system?
The founding fathers wanted everyone (well, property owners and white men) to be able to vote for the president and the vice president, but did not trust the system, so they put the electoral college in to have the final say on the election.
Why were Senate and electoral college established?
the founding fathers wanted to keep the common people from making a mistake
Why did the founding fathers want an electroal college to elect the president?
They did not trust the general public to vote wisely.
Which founding father did not go to college?
Of the founding fathers who became president, only George Washington did not go to college. John Adams graduated from Harvard, Thomas Jefferson graduated from the College of William and Mary, and James Madison graduated from Princeton University.
Who set up the Electoral College?
The U.S. founding fathers instituted the Electoral College when they created the United States Constitution. The first U.S. presidential election was in 1789. George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States. The election was conducted under the new United States Constitution, which had been ratified earlier in 1788. In the election, George Washington received all 69 electoral votes and was unanimously elected president.
Why do you have electoral college?
The founding fathers distrusted the American people and thought they would make poor decisions, so Electoral Colleges were implemented to protect against too much public influence in the government.
How many electoral votes did John Adams get in?
None . In the election of the first presidents there was no electoral votes nor general elections. The men who became president were elected by congress. The founding fathers felt that the voters were not educated enough to be able to select a president.
Why did founding father create electoral college?
At the time when the founding fathers wrote the Constitution, most U.S. citizens were not very politically knowledgable, and news traveled fairly slowly. The founding fathers created the electoral college so that people who were knowledgable about politics and America's economic standing, etc. were the ones voting and making the smartest decision for the country. However, it is interesting to note that the electoral college, though based off of the number of representatives in Congress, is not proportionally representative of the American people. This, as well as today's citizens being able to be politically knowledgable and faithless electors, has caused debate over whether there should still be an electoral college. However, today's voter turnout and political efficacy are both low, so there is still some reason to keep the electoral college. Anyways, I hope that was helpful!
How many founding fathers spoke Hebrew?
Zero. Some of the founding fathers may have studied Hebrew in college, but none were able to speak it.
Is Ben Franklin one of the founding fathers?
yes he was but not a president
