Is democracy a too dangerous form of government to entrust to the People

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4. Believe it or not

but PART of the reason for the Electoral College was to act as such a guardrail. Before the rise of parties - when electors sign oaths to vote in a certain way - the idea was that if a demagogue won the election, the electors - who were all men (note first problem) of means/standing and presumably statesmen - would choose someone else. When the TFG "won" the first election, Republican electors were flooded with messages asking them to do the right thing for the country. But, being Republicans, they of course did not.