On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 16:10:56 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote:

And that electoral college imbalance is a consequence of placating the
Southern states when the union was being formed in order to help those
states out with their slavery problem.

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It wasn't just the southern states that needed placating. It was all
states outside of the big city northeast corridor. Like it or not,
the electoral college is functioning exactly as it was intended. It's
really difficult to dispute the wisdom of the founding fathers.