In a message dated 2/6/2008 8:11:40 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually the historical roots of the Electoral College comes down to a compromise between the small colonies and the large ones. They needed to balance influence between the two groups to prevent the large states from utterly dominating the presidential selection. The ELectoral College long predates the popular vote, as at the time the only voters were landowners small and large (even the rich didn't qualify necessarily, only landowners. But outside of the large states & the plantations most heads of family were landowners of some sort)
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