Electors are based 100% on representation in congress, the 3/5th compromise took power away from slave states that they wanted. The "best" thing would have been to abolish slavery at the founding but that wasn't possible. The EC had nothing to do with slavery.
I wish you would respond to my actual words instead of twisting them. Not going to play your games today.If you think the EC had nothing to do with slavery then take it up with James Madison as he disagrees with you.
The 3/5ths compromise did not take power away from slave states, that's nonsense. They wanted to count the enslaved population of their states as people for the purposes of representation but as property otherwise. It was a transparent, immoral, and hypocritical power grab. They were unwilling to join the union without institutional protections for slavery though, hence the compromise. From the 3/5ths compromise comes the EC.
Easy peasy.
If you think the EC had nothing to do with slavery then take it up with James Madison as he disagrees with you.
The 3/5ths compromise did not take power away from slave states, that's nonsense. They wanted to count the enslaved population of their states as people for the purposes of representation but as property otherwise. It was a transparent, immoral, and hypocritical power grab. They were unwilling to join the union without institutional protections for slavery though, hence the compromise. From the 3/5ths compromise comes the EC.
Easy peasy.
Well, according to Trump...
Well, according to Trump...
People get convicted of voting fraud every 2 years. Can you show me any conviction of Bigfoot? Ever?
So considering we pay vastly more taxes then everyone else why are we not having a equal vote to billy bob joe dip spit?
I was just going to post this. The irony: if he actually believes this (which he might not, since he lies often), then that's all the more reason to have a recount. I want to see the Trump apologists on the forum try to spin this one.
I wish you would respond to my actual words instead of twisting them. Not going to play your games today.
Translation: even I know what I said was stupid.
yes, a recount in New York and California.I was just going to post this. The irony: if he actually believes this (which he might not, since he lies often), then that's all the more reason to have a recount. I want to see the Trump apologists on the forum try to spin this one.
Do you claim you have a sense of humor? Get one sometime, it makes life more fun.You claim to have a geology degree. Does that not have any math requirements like ratios from middle school?
I believe you have concluded the obvious, that he is entertained by the erection of endless mindless distractions to deflect debate away from relevance. He works for the force of darkness without knowing by whom he is employed. Who could take pleasure in what is morally disgusting?Has buckshot ever given a shit about making demonstrably false or nonsense statements?
Interesting reflection on human psychology why people hold him up to any standards.
What combination of stupidity and carelessness would cause someone to try and undermine the legitimacy of their own election?
I was going to say 'I think they have decided instead to rip Republicans a new asshole', but then I realized they've decided rip on the Republicans new asshole they ripped themselves.The only real solution to such a contentious relationship is a divorce. It's really too bad liberals are such pussy-whipped cucks to pull such a thing.
He's not undermining the legitimacy of his election, he's pointing out the high levels of voter fraud that most like happened in the illegal alien community. It's a valid reason for him to further investigate it as President and then to hold States and municipalities responsible. To get rid of the illegal sanctuary laws that undercut the legitimacy of Federal immigration control. Something like what Obama did in his actions against the States.I was just about to say the same thing. What Trump has just said should mandate a nationwide recount as he believes the election he just won was tainted by millions of cases of fraud.
What combination of stupidity and carelessness would cause someone to try and undermine the legitimacy of their own election?
The electoral college came to be as a way to bypass states gaining power over other states based on their own individual laws and governance. Regardless of state laws and enforcement propelling the voting population of a state to an insurmountable amount in a rigged popular vote system, the electoral college bypasses this conundrum. Rather than states gaining unfair and undue advantage due to the passing of laws and regulations solely effecting and increasing the voting population of that state (or coalition of states), or forcing other states to change their voting laws or lax their enforcement of voter laws in order to remain on equal-footing with states ramping up their eligible voting population using means entirely outside the control of all other states, the electoral college instead renders the states on more-equal footing than a popular voting system. Instead, you would rather have everyone playing the same contest, but each making up their own eligibility rules. Most assuredly, that would not end well for anyone.
Intellectual stupidity: the hallmark of jackshatting, kageshatting, and indushatting
That is not why the electoral college came to be, it came to be in large part to provide institutional protection for slavery. If they had desired to prevent states from gaining federal power by changing voting standards they would have just implemented standards for voting for federal offices. Easy.
Interestingly enough one of the other reasons mentioned was to prevent the election of an unqualified candidate who was otherwise a skilled demagogue. So much for that, haha.
So, are you just a sycophant, or do you actually believe the delusions that have been shat into your skull for the past 25 years?He's not undermining the legitimacy of his election, he's pointing out the high levels of voter fraud that most like happened in the illegal alien community. It's a valid reason for him to further investigate it as President and then to hold States and municipalities responsible. To get rid of the illegal sanctuary laws that undercut the legitimacy of Federal immigration control. Something like what Obama did in his actions against the States.
yes, a recount in New York and California.
He's not undermining the legitimacy of his election, he's pointing out the high levels of voter fraud that most like happened in the illegal alien community. It's a valid reason for him to further investigate it as President and then to hold States and municipalities responsible. To get rid of the illegal sanctuary laws that undercut the legitimacy of Federal immigration control. Something like what Obama did in his actions against the States.
Can you describe to me why this is a larger problem than the one we have now? Also, do you think the people of Wyoming OR California think their votes are meaningful now? Finally, the idea that a state with as small a fraction of the US population as California would completely control the country in a popular vote system is absurd.