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Is there a lore reason why American elections are so convoluted? (lemm.ee)

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Are they stupid?

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago

Also Madison.

The second method will be exemplified in the federal republic of the United States. Whilst all authority in it will be derived from, and dependent on the society, the society itself will be broken into so many parts, interests, and classes of citizens, that the rights of individuals, or of the minority, will be in little danger from interested combinations of the majority.