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Old 06-15-2023, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Dondilion View Post
That is what the Founding Fathers organized. They were wary of the "tyranny of the majority". Furthermore, the formatting is cued to a somewhat implicit autonomy of states. There is an underlying thrust to correct, balance, and pull back.
Except we have tyranny of the minority, the swing states. Lets be real here, the presidential election is decided by just a handful of states. Red states have a big city problem, their urban dwellers predominantly vote for Democrats. So they come up with voter suppression schemes to limit Dem votes.
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