The writers of the constitution devised the electoral college as the method of choosing presidents because
a. direct election was impractical due to the poor systems of communication and transportation that existed in the late 1700s.
b. the method would shield executive power from popular majorities and congress.
c. the method guaranteed a majority winner.
d. the method would give weight to the preferences of ordinary people.
e. the framers had a great deal of faith in the wisdom of the masses.

D

It was meant to give the people who didn’t live in big cities a means to have a say in who was elected.

he believed that congress would be better not dealing with "lobbyists", or people who seek to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue, since historically, they had problems with these kinds of people. he thought lobbying produces benefits, but should be carefully monitored.

religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british--an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. the revolution strengthened millennialist strains in american.