Why does positive charge attracts the negative charge? All Questions › Category: Basic Electrical › Why does positive charge attracts the negative charge? 0 Vote Up Vote Down chetan shidling asked 4 years ago I need short information. 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down chetan shidling answered 4 years ago A positive charge means which has the less or explicit amount of electrons and the negative charge has excessive of electrons, so it is the tendency to have zero potential, and thus the positive charge attracts the negative charge.