Question

Why was a government in which citizens choose members of a legislature to make policy, rather than making it themselves, was favored James Madison and the other Founding Fathers?
a. the founders did not think the states would accept direct public involvement in government.
b. direct government by citizens was impractical, even though, in theory, direct democracy was more desirable than representative government.
c. direct government by citizens was impractical and was believed to be less likely to produce good public policy.
d. All of the above

Answer 1

A government in which citizens choose members of a legislature to make policy, rather than making it themselves, was favored because

b. direct government by citizens was impractical, even though, in theory, direct democracy was more desirable than representative government.

Explanation:

Direct government made by the people for the people is what democracy was supposed to be about   in the time but that model of work was impractical enough to not be considered seriously by the founding fathers who instead sought to make it a representative democracy.

A representative democracy is also much more suitable because only the people who have a genuine skill in making laws are brought in to make laws and the public gets their say in who does it for them.