2024-06-23 15:53:08
The electoral college was around for nearly a century before the civil war. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(15-0-12) Author
2024-06-23 16:42:08
"During slavery" is not the same as "during Civil War". NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(6-1-3) Author
2024-06-23 16:42:19
NNN, if you think the civil war was the beginning of slavery I’ve got some news for you NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(6-0-5) Author
2024-06-23 18:14:20
The Electoral College was set up due to concern of big states having power over small states. The 3/5ths clause was so states with large slave populations couldn't have advantage over states with small slave pops when it came to Reps and taxes. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-0-7) Author
2024-06-23 18:20:14
"The Electoral College contributed to ending slavery, since Abraham Lincoln, having earned only 39.9% of the popular vote in 1860, nevertheless won a crushing victory in the Electoral College — leading many Southern slaveholders to stampede to secession in 1860 and 1861." [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-1-10) Author
2024-06-24 01:46:26
NNN. Nothing about this tweet is factually inaccurate. Debates over the intention of the electoral college belong in the comments. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-2) Author
2024-06-24 17:07:02
NNN: While the creation of the Electoral College had many justifications, part of it was to have Southern states gain power in the government by counting slaves as population while simultaneously preventing them from voting. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-0) Author
2024-06-25 00:56:45
This post attempts to imply the Electoral College was created close to the civil war or for the purposes of aiding the south in the civil war. The Electoral College was proposed by James Wilson, a delegate from Pennsylvania, during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-0) Author