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Mon Dec 02 15:07:22 +0000 2019

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie

i see you didn’t actually read any word of the thread — PolitiTweet.org

Dan @DannyBallgame9

@jbouie To eliminate the electoral college requires a Constitutional amendment, you know this. 37 states have to g… https://t.co/KFIb010Oqx

Posted Dec. 2, 2019 Hibernated

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie

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

Wurrance Telephene @grabcocque

@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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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie

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’t captive to the Congress?). — PolitiTweet.org

zenosAnalytic @zenosAnalytic

@jbouie Yes! One big non-slavery reason for the Electoral College was that the idea itd be easier(and more secure)… https://t.co/8Etk8OF6a6

Posted Dec. 2, 2019 Hibernated

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