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Mon Dec 02 15:04:38 +0000 2019

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Given Madison’s initial inclination in 1787 — to choose the president by popular vote — and his later thoughts, I think you could make a good case that he would scrap the system we have now in favor of a ranked choice popular vote. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 2, 2019 Hibernated

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...by which each elector gets two votes, and can set a preference. If no one wins a majority on the first ballot, it goes to the second. If no one wins on the second, it goes to the House and Senate, where lawmakers will choose between the two top vote getters. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 2, 2019 Hibernated

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hmm, the lack of direct election has much more to do with worries about communications (how could a single person be nationally known?) and slavery (not enough free whites in the south) than it did some deeper principle. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jbouie @portraitinflesh The presidency was never intended by the framers of the US constitution to be a directly e… https://t.co/tRf0pbZ63R

Posted Dec. 2, 2019 Hibernated

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