Final answer:
The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College to provide a buffer between the general electorate and the election of the President, balancing power between states and within the federal government structure.
Step-by-step explanation:
According to Source A and other historical references, the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College as a safeguard against the direct influence of the masses on the election of the President, thereby establishing a buffer that would ensure a president was chosen by a more informed and less transient electoral process.
This was done due to misgivings about placing too much power in the hands of either the general populace or the legislature.
Instead, they set up a system where each state was allocated a number of electors equal to its representation in Congress (the sum of its Senators and Representatives).
These electors would be responsible for selecting the President, a method that aimed to balance the power between small and large states and maintain the principle of separation of powers and checks and balances within the federal government.