electoral college

is a way for southern states to use the number of their slaves to increase their representation vis-a-vis the non-slave-owning north (hence the notion that the slave is worth 3/5 of a person).

Madison knew that the North would outnumber the South, despite there being more than half a million slaves in the South who were their economic vitality, but could not vote. His proposition for the Electoral College included the 'three-fifths compromise,' where black people could be counted as three-fifths of a person, instead of a whole. This clause garnered the state 12 out of 91 electoral votes, more than a quarter of what a president needed to win. 'None of this is about slaves voting,' said Finkelman, who wrote a paper on the origins of the Electoral College for a symposium after Gore lost. 'The debates are in part about political power and also the fundamental immorality of counting slaves for the purpose of giving political power to the master class.' He said the Electoral College's three-fifths clause enabled Thomas Jefferson, who owned more than a hundred slaves, to beat out in 1800 John Adams, who was opposed to slavery, since the South had a stronghold.

is intended to increase the power of the more populous slave states vis-a-vis the non-slave owning north.

is that group of people who enjoy the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.

ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.

is wise in that, while recognizing the sense of the people, men most capable of analyzing requisite qualities and avoid the election of anyone 'not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.

First, he recognized, the 'sense of the people should operate in the choice', and would through the election of the electors to the Electoral College. Second, the electors would be: men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. Such men would be 'most likely to have the information and discernment' to make a good choice, and avoid the election of anyone 'not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications'. (wikipedia)

is a prestigious college that issues no grades to its enrollees but perpetually flunks democracy.

electoral college, n. A prestigious college that issues no grades to its enrollees but perpetually flunks democracy.

is a screwy institution --- thanks to it, a presidential candidate can win with only 23% of the popular vote.

is slavery's revenge upon the 21st century

electoral college, n.All

electoral college