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<blockquote data-quote="Admin." data-source="post: 1181618" data-attributes="member: 1129"><p>Stop it, it was to placate the slave states e.o.s. (We don't want small population states ie slave states, being lorded overby big population states)</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/electoral-colleges-racist-origins" target="_blank"><h3>The Electoral College's Racist Origins</h3><p>Brennan Center for Justice</a></p><p><a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/electoral-colleges-racist-origins" target="_blank">https://www.brennancenter.org › analysis-opinion › ele...</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>... Electoral College, in effect whitewashing history: Of the considerations that factored into the Framers' calculus, race and slavery were perhaps the foremost.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/democracy-governance/history-electoral-college-and-our-national" target="_blank"><h3>The history of the Electoral College and our national ...</h3><p>Harvard Kennedy School</a></p><p><a href="https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/democracy-governance/history-electoral-college-and-our-national" target="_blank">https://www.hks.harvard.edu › democracy-governance</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Aug 6, 2020 — The South was the bulwark of opposition during the period of slavery, of course, because slave-holding states received extra electoral votes ...</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/10/29/the-us-electoral-college-how-the-south-used-slavery-for-political-gain" target="_blank"><h3>The US Electoral College – How the South used slavery for ...</h3><p>Al Jazeera</a></p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/10/29/the-us-electoral-college-how-the-south-used-slavery-for-political-gain" target="_blank">https://www.aljazeera.com › Gallery › US Election 2024</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oct 29, 2024 — The Electoral College gets explained every time there's a US presidential election, but its origin story, rooted in slavery and the power ...</p><p>Missing: <s>important</s> | Show results with: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=088a4fa2f77d5085&rls=en&sxsrf=AHTn8zp_02wjoCx8sjvq2NPrCEDk9hSKHg:1746060037808&q=how+%22important%22+was+slavery+in+the+introduction+of+the+electoral+college&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipmL3ChIGNAxWoHzQIHdSnIooQ5t4CegQIJBAB" target="_blank">important</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/electoral-college-slavery-constitution" target="_blank"><h3>Electoral College is 'vestige' of slavery...</h3><p>PBS</a></p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/electoral-college-slavery-constitution" target="_blank">https://www.pbs.org › newshour › politics › electoral-c...</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nov 6, 2016 — One dug up by an academic of the Constitution: that it was created to protect slavery, planting the roots of a system that's still oppressive today.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.lwv.org/blog/three-fifths-compromise-and-electoral-college" target="_blank"><h3>The Three-Fifths Compromise and the Electoral College</h3><p>League of Women Voters</a></p><p><a href="https://www.lwv.org/blog/three-fifths-compromise-and-electoral-college" target="_blank">https://www.lwv.org › blog › three-fifths-compromise-a...</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Apr 8, 2025 — In 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention found themselves confronted with the question of slavery and how hundreds of ...</p><p>Missing: <s>important</s> <s>introduction</s></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin., post: 1181618, member: 1129"] Stop it, it was to placate the slave states e.o.s. (We don't want small population states ie slave states, being lorded overby big population states) [URL='https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/electoral-colleges-racist-origins'][HEADING=2]The Electoral College's Racist Origins[/HEADING] Brennan Center for Justice https://www.brennancenter.org › analysis-opinion › ele...[/URL] ... Electoral College, in effect whitewashing history: Of the considerations that factored into the Framers' calculus, race and slavery were perhaps the foremost. [URL='https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/democracy-governance/history-electoral-college-and-our-national'][HEADING=2]The history of the Electoral College and our national ...[/HEADING] Harvard Kennedy School https://www.hks.harvard.edu › democracy-governance[/URL] Aug 6, 2020 — The South was the bulwark of opposition during the period of slavery, of course, because slave-holding states received extra electoral votes ... [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/10/29/the-us-electoral-college-how-the-south-used-slavery-for-political-gain'][HEADING=2]The US Electoral College – How the South used slavery for ...[/HEADING] Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com › Gallery › US Election 2024[/URL] Oct 29, 2024 — The Electoral College gets explained every time there's a US presidential election, but its origin story, rooted in slavery and the power ... Missing: [S]important[/S] | Show results with: [URL='https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=088a4fa2f77d5085&rls=en&sxsrf=AHTn8zp_02wjoCx8sjvq2NPrCEDk9hSKHg:1746060037808&q=how+%22important%22+was+slavery+in+the+introduction+of+the+electoral+college&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipmL3ChIGNAxWoHzQIHdSnIooQ5t4CegQIJBAB']important[/URL] [URL='https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/electoral-college-slavery-constitution'][HEADING=2]Electoral College is 'vestige' of slavery...[/HEADING] PBS https://www.pbs.org › newshour › politics › electoral-c...[/URL] Nov 6, 2016 — One dug up by an academic of the Constitution: that it was created to protect slavery, planting the roots of a system that's still oppressive today. [URL='https://www.lwv.org/blog/three-fifths-compromise-and-electoral-college'][HEADING=2]The Three-Fifths Compromise and the Electoral College[/HEADING] League of Women Voters https://www.lwv.org › blog › three-fifths-compromise-a...[/URL] Apr 8, 2025 — In 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention found themselves confronted with the question of slavery and how hundreds of ... Missing: [S]important[/S] [S]introduction[/S] [/QUOTE]
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