04-05-2019, 08:34 AM
(04-05-2019, 03:01 AM)Dill Wrote: Just a question. Are you saying that the concerns of the smaller states were simply tabled, compartmentalized or otherwise no longer driving the discussion when the electoral compromise was decided?
They were no longer driving the discussion when it came to the electoral compromise. Madison's own stated reason for not pushing harder for a national popular vote was because he did not think the slave states would agree to it as it meant they would lose power in that system because slaves could not vote, but they were counted--albeit fractionally--in the population for apportionment.
The reason for the indirect election as a whole had little to nothing to do with representation of the smaller states. It was about a more informed body making the decision.
"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
