Guido wrote:

It was part of a deal up by Madison et al to allow the slave
owning states to retain an influence in the Fedral
government based on 3/5 of the slave population whilst at
the same time discounting that same population when it came
to apportioning taxes.

Is that your point?

Nopers, but good post none the less.

My point was that dems seem to embrace the electoral college system
everytime except when it goes against *them* and then they can't curse
it long or loud enough.

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