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I've recently heard people argue that the founders created the role of "electors" in the Electoral College so that a populist candidate could be denied the Presidency if he were to win the election. Is this true and, if not, what was their actual intended purpose?

by /u/Try_Another_NO in /r/AskHistorians

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