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MuchBetterThanThis

(78 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2024, 01:08 PM Aug 2024

Is the Electoral College basically a DEI program? [View all]

My wife just asked me that and I never gave it a thought.
The states that are Republican are afforded “equal” power even though they actually don’t have the same population representation of the rest of the collective/UNITED states.
I’m thinking Montana, South/North Dakota, and the rest of em.
Just a thought on the DEI issue🤔

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Is the Electoral College basically a DEI program? [View all] MuchBetterThanThis Aug 2024 OP

It does not promote diversity equity or inclusion, so no. Voltaire2 Aug 2024 #1

I could not agree more. Turning it into an argument for destroying progress in civil rights by hlthe2b Aug 2024 #3

Hardly!... Read the Racist history behind the "compromise" Founders applied to create Electoral College hlthe2b Aug 2024 #2

More like the polar opposite. TheKentuckian Aug 2024 #4

that was the deal to get the States together. WarGamer Aug 2024 #5

Yes, it's no longer relevant, helpful or appropriate... Think. Again. Aug 2024 #6

Just come up with a Constitutional Amendment... no prob WarGamer Aug 2024 #8

Or keep working toward the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #10

It might not even be constitutional. WarGamer Aug 2024 #11

Yes, everything has to make it past scotus. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #12

Actually, it is the original gerrymander along with the Senate...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2024 #7

How do they have "'equal' power?" rsdsharp Aug 2024 #9

This pleases Wyoming! Shermann Aug 2024 #13

So, their number of EC votes is still not even marginally proportional Bettie Aug 2024 #15

No. It is political welfare for unpopular ideas. nt Gore1FL Aug 2024 #14

The framers were terrified of tyranny of the masses...what we now call Democracy pecosbob Aug 2024 #16