Which of the following statements best explains the compromise behind the creation of the Electoral College quizlet?

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"To what expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places."
-Publius (James Madison), Federalist No. 51, 1788
Which of the following statements best summarizes Madison's argument?

" To what expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places."
-Publius (James Madison), Federalist No. 51, 1788
Which of the following principles of US government is most consistent with the author's argument?

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