Tom Elliott @tomselliott
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Heard Dean: “We have to change [our Constitution]. Our foundational electoral system was affected very much by slavery. This was an effort by the small states, & the slave states to make sure they didn’t lose their influence.”

9:22 AM · Sep 28, 2024 //

Dean, saying the electoral system "was affected... by slavery" is a canard. He is, of course, referring to the infamous 3/5 compromise, which was adopted to prevent the slave-holding states from having an outsized representation by including bondsmen in the tally for the basis of apportionment. That argument has made zero sense since 1865.
Yes, there is an effort by the small states to make sure we don't lose our influence. Most of the country doesn't want to be ruled by Boston, New York, Chicago, and the liberal areas of California. That's why our electoral system works the way it does; that's why the Senate works the way it does, with every state, no matter how small or large, having the same representation. That is anti-democratic by design. That is why the United States is not a democracy. We never were a democracy. We never will be a democracy. //

mopani
a few minutes ago
This wasn't ignorance any more than push polls are really telling us what people think: this is an attempt to get the low info voters outraged and influence how they view the Electoral system.

This is a setup to justify outrage for when Trump has an electoral landslide and still loses "the popular vote" because New York, California, Detroit, and Chicago count 200% of their registered voters.