Replies to post #311140 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[DesertDrifter]

The point being that slaves were not counted as full people. Sort of like it is now if you live in a blue state on the coast, your vote counts less than in the vacant space states.
Does not counting slaves as full people make you moist or something?

[DesertDrifter]

I think you are in dire need of some current events information.

(go here for interactive map)
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2012/11/presidential_election_a_map_showing_the_vote_power_of_all_50_states.html


The average electoral vote represents 436,000 people, but that number rises and falls per state depending on that state’s population over 18 years of age. (The map above shows the population 18 years and older per electoral vote by state.) The states with the fewest people per electoral vote, and therefore the highest “vote power,” are Wyoming, Vermont, and North Dakota. In Wyoming, there are 143,000 people for each of its three electoral votes. The states with the weakest votes are New York, Florida, and California. These states each have around 500,000 people for each electoral vote.

In other words, one Wyoming voter has roughly the same vote power as four New York voters. (Mouse over the map and it will show you where your state ranks in voting power.)

So, conix, people on the coast have less demographic impact than slaves did during the constitutional convention. At least they were counted as 3/5 of a person instead of the present 1/4.