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One big non-slavery reason for the Electoral College was that the idea itd be easier(and more secure)\u2026 https://t.co/8Etk8OF6a6", "user": {"id": 1070069009733668865, "url": null, "lang": null, "name": "zenosAnalytic", "id_str": "1070069009733668865", "location": "Texas, USA", "verified": false, "following": null, "protected": false, "time_zone": null, "created_at": "Tue Dec 04 21:35:07 +0000 2018", "utc_offset": null, "description": "As anyone can clearly see from my(Totally and Completely Accurate) profile pic, I am a variable bush viper. I enjoy The Fandoms. 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One big non-slavery reason for the Electoral College was that the idea itd be easier(and more secure) back then to get a handful of ppl from across the colonies together in one place to vote than it was to collect, transport, count, and verify every citizens' vote.", "display_text_range": [8, 278]}, "favorite_count": 1, "is_quote_status": false, "display_text_range": [8, 140], "in_reply_to_user_id": 14190948, "in_reply_to_status_id": 1201518083300610049, "in_reply_to_screen_name": "jbouie", "in_reply_to_user_id_str": "14190948", "in_reply_to_status_id_str": "1201518083300610049"}, "retweet_count": 0, "extended_tweet": {"entities": {"urls": [], "symbols": [], "hashtags": [], "user_mentions": []}, "full_text": "yep! the electoral college was a solution to two problems, one technological (how would you actually be able to run a national election?) and one structural (how can we ensure the president isn\u2019t captive to the Congress?).", "display_text_range": [0, 222]}, "favorite_count": 0, "is_quote_status": true, "quoted_status_id": 1201518774882635777, "in_reply_to_user_id": null, "quoted_status_id_str": "1201518774882635777", "in_reply_to_status_id": null, "in_reply_to_screen_name": null, "in_reply_to_user_id_str": null, "quoted_status_permalink": {"url": "https://t.co/kdSEO1KAEW", "display": "twitter.com/zenosanalytic/\u2026", "expanded": "https://twitter.com/zenosanalytic/status/1201518774882635777"}, "in_reply_to_status_id_str": null}