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Originally posted by: pjstroh
Yeah - and slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person (without actually letting them vote) so as to give the South more sway in the elections. See! They believed in affirmative action voting then too ! I'm happy to challenge the notion that an idea is relevant today by virtue of it being implemented by the "Founding Fathers".
Dividing up electoral votes by state boundaries is nonsensical in the modern world. I dont know that a voter in Kansas City, KS holds different federal priorities from one in Kansas City, MO based on what side of the river they are on - and yet thats how their vote is grouped.
Likewise there are farmers in Massachusetts...and City folk in Indiana... and atheists in Tennessee....and Evangelicals in Hollywood. These people are all disenfranchised by a larger group they share a state border with. Wouldn't it be nice if these people actually figured into our election?
Originally posted by: pjstroh
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Originally posted by: DonDiego
* The Founding Fathers were looking at a Republic comprising 13 States. The Electoral College was devised intentionally to reduce the possibility of one or a few large States (e.g.Virginia) dominating the small States (e.g. Rhode Island) were it a pure democratic election.
In 2016 it worked precisely as designed..
Yeah - and slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person (without actually letting them vote) so as to give the South more sway in the elections. See! They believed in affirmative action voting then too ! I'm happy to challenge the notion that an idea is relevant today by virtue of it being implemented by the "Founding Fathers".
Dividing up electoral votes by state boundaries is nonsensical in the modern world. I dont know that a voter in Kansas City, KS holds different federal priorities from one in Kansas City, MO based on what side of the river they are on - and yet thats how their vote is grouped.
Likewise there are farmers in Massachusetts...and City folk in Indiana... and atheists in Tennessee....and Evangelicals in Hollywood. These people are all disenfranchised by a larger group they share a state border with. Wouldn't it be nice if these people actually figured into our election?
based on what side of the river they are on?
Geography scholar?
