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I want to emphasize this because I think the point is under appreciated. You cannot defend the *existing* Electoral College with an appeal to the *constitutional* Electoral College because the *constitutional* Electoral College has not been used for over 200 years. — PolitiTweet.org

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More importantly, defenders of or apologists for the Electoral College should at least acknowledge that the EC outl… https://t.co/g1JmhQ4MId

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Looks like he deleted the tweet, too bad! Was going to ask him to apply this analysis to the 3/5ths Compromise, which had just as strong a claim to democratic legitimacy, since it was based off of a formula which had been debated, deliberated and nearly adopted under the Articles — PolitiTweet.org

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imho, a serious defense of the Electoral College will defend the thing that actually exists: a process in which we determine control of the presidency with winner-take-all elections in a handful of closely-competitive political units whose boundaries are essentially arbitrary. — PolitiTweet.org

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