Colorado decides to bypass electoral collage

The electoral college was, according to many scholars, adopted to protect the slave states.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...one-180961171/

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...khil-reed-amar

This thread is about the electoral college.
Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

3/5th clause is a non-issue. the EC was a compromise between North & South states over how to count slaves.


its a non-issue as everyone is counted as a full person.

The electoral college was, according to many scholars, adopted to protect the slave states.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...one-180961171/

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...khil-reed-amar

This thread is about the electoral college.

I assumed the comment was all over the topic.

Of course, i could have mistaken the OP. Maybe OP really meant electoral “collage,” in which case you’re all off topic!

Here’s an electoral collage for you.

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Those articles are bullshit as they intentionally ignore that New York and New Jersey were still slave states when the Constitution was adopted, and that Virginia had a population almost twice as large as Pennsylvania's and more than Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Massachusetts combined.

Then there were the populations of the other seven slave states to consider.

The Electoral College was established as an extension of the Great Compromise which guaranteed a voice to the states with small populations -- NOT slave states.

Whoa... this sumbitch could happen! They could get to 270. Funny how they made the whole deal contingent on getting enough states to agree. Why don't they each just bite the bullet and say we'll award our electoral votes to the NPV winner regardless of the rest of you?

Because they're feckless dimotards!!





https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status

I can't see any way a bunch of small states would be stupid enough to give up their electoral college power no matter what the origins of the system are now said to be.

Perhaps the solution for California is more state's rights and a weakening of the Federal system?

looks like New jersey is looking to do the same. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

I mispoke. Its not New Jersey, they are an NPV state. Its delaware that's looking to do the NPV.


I see some small states are NPVs. Vermont (3), Rhode Island (4) and Connecticut (7)

An interesting off shoot to the NPV is the resistance most of the Democrat leadership still apply to popular primary vote being overridden by the will of the Super Delegates.

They still want to "fix" the primary, yet go to popular vote for the General Election.

3/5th clause is a non-issue. the EC was a compromise between North & South states over how to count slaves.


its a non-issue as everyone is counted as a full person. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

Really?

Really? Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

You tell us YR...
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/cnn-m...toral-college/

Really? Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Another one-word post by yssup!!

Wow... you sure put a lot of deep thought into that one, Jack Handey!

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-l...esident/n10129

When do you expect to overtake pyramider in the eccie postcount race you are evidently obsessed with?
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Hadn’t really thought about that. But you know, for an awful lot of our faithful, one word may be too much.

Hadn’t really thought about that. But you know, for an awful lot of our faithful, one word may be too much. Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

You mean your “faithful”.

Another one-word post by yssup!!

Wow... you sure put a lot of deep thought into that one, Jack Handey!

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-l...esident/n10129

When do you expect to overtake pyramider in the eccie postcount race you are evidently obsessed with?
. Originally Posted by lustylad

His thought process tends toward more simple concepts and phrases in keeping with his humble station in life.

I think that back when he was a small town newspaperman they kept him in the women's section so as not to create much displeasure among the paying subscribers.

His thought process tends toward more simple concepts and phrases in keeping with his humble station in life.

I think that back when he was a small town newspaperman they kept him in the women's section so as not to create much displeasure among the paying subscribers. Originally Posted by friendly fred

Yeah I heard they started him out writing obits but his one-word "eulogies" didn't go over well with families of the deceased - so they moved him to the women's section where he could do reviews of hildebeest's pantsuits.

Yeah I heard they started him out writing obits but his one-word "eulogies" didn't go over well with families of the deceased so they moved him to the women's section where he could do reviews of hildebeest's pantsuits. Originally Posted by lustylad

A eulogy that said simply "stroke" would be rather lame...