Only One-Third of the Senate Is Up for Re-Election During

Multiple Choice

Only one-third of the Senate is up for re-election during any single election year because the framers believed that

A) too many elections would be difficult for the states to run.
B) this was a way to make the Senate resistant to popular pressure.
C) the state legislatures would conspire with each other to elect a Senate dominated by a single party.
D) this would make members of the Senate more responsive to the preferences of their constituents.