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Imagine that you are a member of the Electoral College in 1788, preparing for the first presidential election. Write a paragraph explaining why you would cast your vote for George Washington. Use evidence to support this opinion.

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The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens

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