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mar 12, 1788 - No. 68. The Mode of Electing the President

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Author Alexander Hamilton argues that the system of an electoral college ensures that “the sense of the people” will play a key role in selecting the president, while, at the same time, affording “as little opportunity as possible to tumult and disorder.”

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mar 12, 1788
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~ 237 years ago

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