Why does the constitution provide for an electoral college

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Lizeth Ayers

11 June, 01:22

Why does the constitution provide for an electoral college

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Ella Walsh · Answer 1

A candidate must receive a majority of electoral votes to be elected president. The reason that the Constitution calls for this extra layer, rather than just providing for the direct election of the president, is that most of the nation's founders were actually rather afraid of democracy.