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9. The EC was pure politics... designed to give whites in slaves state...

Mon Feb 20, 2017, 02:32 AM

Feb 2017

The EC was designed purely for politics... to get whites in slaves states to ratify the Constitution. Here's Madison July 19th 1787 at the Constitutional Convention... saying he's for a popular vote, but...

There was one difficulty however of a serious nature attending an immediate choice by the people. The right of suffrage was much more diffusive in the Northern than the Southern States; and the latter could have no influence in the election on the score of the Negroes. The substitution of electors obviated this difficulty and seemed on the whole to be liable to fewest objections.

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Is the US still a democracy? [View all] Locut0s Feb 2017 OP

right captain_democratic Feb 2017 #1

How can anyone believe the US is a "democracy"? eniwetok Feb 2017 #2

I bet that many countries that you would consider true democracies also struggle... Locut0s Feb 2017 #3

how does one "gerrymander" national elections? eniwetok Feb 2017 #5

The Electoral College is basically a gerrymander against demographics... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #8

The EC was pure politics... designed to give whites in slaves state... eniwetok Feb 2017 #9

I understand that... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #11

Can't just blame GOPers when Dems are AWOL on democracy eniwetok Feb 2017 #13

Does the author of the poll even know WHAT DEMOCRACY IS? eniwetok Feb 2017 #4

My answer is no. Crunchy Frog Feb 2017 #6

demographics makes our system more antidemocratic... eniwetok Feb 2017 #12

Democracy in the US died in 2000 poli3 Feb 2017 #7

It didn't matter what SCOTUS did... eniwetok Feb 2017 #10

Technically the United States is a constitutional federal republic Lurks Often Feb 2017 #14

democracy vs republic eniwetok Feb 2017 #16

not as simple as you claim eniwetok Feb 2017 #17

GERRYMANDERING and VOTER SUPPRESSION NO ... NOT AT ALL !!! uponit7771 Feb 2017 #15

Reply hazy try again NurseJackie Feb 2017 #18