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House Dems move to eliminate Electoral College, limit presidential pardon power

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01-05-2019, 11:58 PM

(01-05-2019, 11:25 PM)rollerjag Wrote:
(01-04-2019, 03:08 PM)The Drifter Wrote: Then electorial college was put in place so that the smaller states have an equal say in who gets elected. Would you want California and say New York just decide who is President? I know I wouldn't....Smaller states grouped together have an equal playing field now. Ending the electorial college would make the playing fiels un-equal

Don't kid yourself, the Electoral College was put into place for states with the most slaveholders, notably Virginia, from where 8 of the first 9 presidents hailed. They could count slaves as 3/5 of a person when calculating the number of electoral votes allotted to their states, even though they couldn't vote.

Yes, that was a big part as well.
It was set up as a workaround to constraints, like wanting representation for slaves, that don't exist anymore.
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