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Here is an article discussing their motivations, with a bunch of quotes from the framers: http://www.factcheck.org/2008/02/the-reason-for-the-electoral-college/

Here is an article discussing their motivations, with a bunch of quotes from the framers: http://www.factcheck.org/2008/02/the-reason-for-the-electoral-college/ http://www.factcheck.org/2008/02/the-reason-for-the-electora...

Amezarak 10y ago
Interesting that the article leaves out the counterarguments of the framers who were opposed to the system - the implied takeaway is that they were all on the same page, which is not the case.