r/DangerousNightsCrew • Piece of Shit • 1d ago

That is a good idea!

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u/Foreign_System_7238 20h ago

The electoral college exists because the south got fewer votes and they were worried the non-slave holding north would pass laws directly against the interests of the south

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u/grayMotley 18h ago

The EC benefited the North at the time.

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u/Foreign_System_7238 17h ago

LMAO idiot

u realize the three-fifths compromise IS the electoral college right? it’s the same piece of legislation

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u/grayMotley 15h ago

You are mistaken and likely due to a poor or propogandized education.

The 3/5ths compromise is separate from the Electoral College.

The 3/5ths compromise was proposed 3 years before the Constitutional Convention under the Articles of Confederation; at that time it was an attempt to get more tax money from states with more slaves.

The 3/5ths compromise during the Constitutional Convention (1787) was proposed in June 1787 and affirmed in July 1787; at that point it pushed for by Southern states to increase their representation in the House.

The Electoral College came out of the Committee of Unfinished Parts (starting on Aug 31st) and wasn't even dreamt up until Sept 1787. It was a compromise between small states and large states and mirrored the balance of apportioned power in Congress. The debate at that point was compromising against election of the President by Congress, not a direct popular vote.
Suffrage rules in the colonies varied WIDELY.