Which of these is NOT an argument for the United States having become more of a democracy than the framers envisioned?
A) the selection of the president by the electoral system
B) the Seventeenth Amendment's creation of a Senate whose members are directly elected by the people
C) the Supreme Court's extension of civil rights protections to racial and ethnic minorities
D) the presidency has become both more powerful and more attentive to majority opinion
E) the extension of the vote to African Americans and women

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The selection of the president by the electoral system is actually in line with what the framers envisioned, as they created the Electoral College as a compromise between a direct popular vote and congressional selection. The other options all involve changes that have made the United States more democratic than the framers originally intended.

Which of These Is NOT an Argument for the United