Jemele Hill electoral college slavery claim CNN

    by Xxalexei: Hillary Clinton

    Jemele Hill has argued that the electoral college's origins are tied to slavery and racism, a claim that continues to spark debate.

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    It's better if you make the argument when you didn't lose the election. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, on the position of strength. On the position of strength. It's like, listen, anybody who studied any small bit of history knows the electoral college is rooted in slavery. That was the entire reason that it was invented, essentially. And we should have gotten from up under it a long time ago, and not just because you have two women quite capable who lose the election. So I don't have a problem with our argument. I think it's probably correct. And I think most people in this country, you want to a big reason. There's a lot of apathy is because a lot of people feel like their vote doesn't matter. And the reason they feel that way is because they look at things like, OK, let me get this straight. We can all agree and all from a popular vote standpoint, vote for a candidate and that candidate still lose. And that the math doesn't matter for them. So it's like, why are we clinging to the system?