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To: silverleaf
it was meant to stop states like NY and California from imposing unpopular cheating frauds like Hillary on the entire nation

Correct. The Founding Fathers strongly feared demagoguery from the cities, and put in the Electoral College to stop that type of mob rule.

13 posted on 11/21/2016 9:02:51 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: RayChuang88

Today when Rush was discussing the “Hamilton” a-holes, he said they’d be surprised to know that it was Alexander Hamilton who “invented” the concept of the Electoral College.


69 posted on 11/21/2016 10:47:26 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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