04-03-2019, 09:09 PM
(04-03-2019, 08:41 PM)Dill Wrote: LOL What's Madison's final word on the EC? (Thinking here of his 1823 letter to George Hay.)
That apportionment of Electors by district (my compromise solution) would be better than what was in place. He never really changed his position with that letter.
(04-03-2019, 08:41 PM)Dill Wrote: Madison also wanted the senate to be proportional representation as well. Didn't end up there, though.
Well, he was a Virginian.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
