Re: The Joy Of Democracy

On 2024-10-31, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:43:00 -0400, -hh wrote:
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Plus there were probably some thinking further ahead, into the balance
of political power ramifications in elections:  at today's population,
the Philippines would've been a prize with ~138 Electoral College votes.

>
Why is there an Electoral College? In a country which claims to hold the
truth to be “self-evident”, that all its citizens are “created equal”, why
does it not count their votes equally?

Because the founding fathers of the United States wanted to piss off New
Zealand cranks. It looks likes it worked.

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