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The political arrangement preferred by the Framers was that of a republic, rather than a pure democracy, for example. Thomas Jefferson was one of the framers of the US Constitution.
They are not made to give the people the chance to decide a matter like democracy, but rather to express unity under the Fuhrer and his decisions.
Giving every citizen a vote (democracy) would make for flawed results since they did not believe the average person was capable of making sound decisions about government. That's why America is a Republic (aka Representative Democracy) rather than a pure democracy. The idea was that only capable men would run to be electors and they would make better decisions than the masses.
A republic is a noun, a form of government which typically has an elected executive (rather than a monarch) and a representative form.
a democratic republic consists of representitives ˆn office rather than families taking over as in feudalism.