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groundloop

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5. Of course slaves couldn't vote, but counting them increased slave states population

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 06:55 PM

Nov 2016

It wasn't about whether or not slaves could vote, the slave states wanted to use them to gain more electoral votes as well as more representation in the House.

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Electoral College is vestige of slavery, say some Constitutional scholars [View all] groundloop Nov 2016 OP

Actually I thought it was the other way whitefordmd Nov 2016 #1

That's it-- the argument was over defining "population"... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #3

Thus compromise awoke_in_2003 Nov 2016 #13

I thought it had little to do with slavery, since... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #2

Of course slaves couldn't vote, but counting them increased slave states population groundloop Nov 2016 #5

A states elector count awoke_in_2003 Nov 2016 #14

no. ten of the federalist papers says it explicitly. niyad Nov 2016 #4

Here's another article, and yes it benefited the slave states, and that was intentional progree Nov 2016 #6

The Electoral College: how is this still a thing? Initech Nov 2016 #7

Because there hasnt been an amendment awoke_in_2003 Nov 2016 #15

After the GWB Election, did Democrats make any effort to eliminate the EC? brooklynite Nov 2016 #8

Above all, the electoral college had nothing to do with slavery. Some historians have branded the el Ohioblue22 Nov 2016 #9

Nice rpannier Nov 2016 #10

I agree it needs to go especially if it can't do it's job Ohioblue22 Nov 2016 #11

We desperately need a re-vamp of The Constitution, but won't happen, so FALL of us UTUSN Nov 2016 #12