They did not really trust the people to elect the president.
Posted on: November 17, 2016 at 12:38:21 CT
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This was their last check on the power of the people. It gave the elites a chance to override the wishes of the great unwashed.
Truthfully they put that provision in for a case just like this one. It was put there to stop a populist movements. This was definitely a case of populist -vs- establishment.