The framers of the Constitution preferred which of the following political arrangements?

The framers of the Constitution preferred which of the following political arrangements?

1: a republic as opposed to a pure democracy

2: a monarchy as opposed to a constitutional system

3: a pure democracy over a republic

4: a pure democracy over a representative democracy

5: socialism over capitalism

Answer: 1: a republic as opposed to a pure democracy

Those who helped in writing US Constitution preferred republic over democracy. They thought a republic, in which people freely elect representatives to serve them, to be the best system against possible tyranny of majority rule and the destruction of individual rights that could occur in any direct democracy. The drafters of the constitution tried to design a system that guarded liberty by means of checks and balances in the form of separation of powers took shape between the executive, legislative, and judicial powers to sincerely protect against the creation of a power concentrate.