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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts) Sat Dec 10, 2016, 06:45 PM Dec 2016

Regarding the Electoral College are rural dwellers more valuable than urban dwellers

Why don't we just say urban dwellers are three fifths of a person?

Been there, done that. BTW, the Electoral College was a sop to the slave states since slaves can't vote.

I can't believe a small d or big D Democrat could support such an anti-democratic institution.

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Regarding the Electoral College are rural dwellers more valuable than urban dwellers (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 OP

Absolutely! We urban dwellers vote are much, much less worthy! lunamagica Dec 2016 #1

the electoral college benefits voters in small states over big states unblock Dec 2016 #2

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)

1. Absolutely! We urban dwellers vote are much, much less worthy!

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 06:49 PM

Dec 2016

unblock

(52,356 posts)

2. the electoral college benefits voters in small states over big states

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 06:54 PM

Dec 2016

which somewhat correlates with rural/urban in the aggregate, but not exactly.

there are rural areas in california and urban areas in rhode island.

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