The founders created the Electoral College and specified that senators would be chosen by the state legislatures because ______.
a. they feared that the people would band together with like-minded people to fight for their own interests rather than make choices based on the public good
b. they feared that powerful elites would dominate elections through the use of superior wealth
c. they thought the only real alternative was to appoint senators and presidents for life
d. allowing direct election of one institution of government was so radical an idea at the time that it never occurred to them to go farther and let the people elect other public officials
a. they feared that the people would band together with like-minded people to fight for their own interests rather than make choices based on the public good
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