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In response to
"I really want to do away with the Electoral College. Granted I don't really understand the EC, but I know it's messed up recent elections. -- nm"
by
sycor
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It was designed, along with the 3/5 compromise, to provide assurance to slave holding states that they would maintain
Posted by
TWuG
Nov 4 '20, 08:05
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Representation even in the face of majority disapproval of slavery.
Slavery ending, but the power structures that supported it have continued.
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