Estes, Todd. "The Connecticut Effect: The Great Compromise of 1787 and the History of Small State Impact on Electoral College Outcomes." Historian 73.2 (2011): 255-283. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Dec. 2016.
The size of the House and Senate of each state decided the number of electoral votes each state received. The Souths population was comprised of mostly slaves so the South proposed the 3/5’s compromise that counted African American slaves as 3/5s a person so the southern states population would seem bigger and they would be granted more electoral votes (Estes 1). Geography- South
Thomas Jefferson owed his presidential win to the addition of these southern states votes (Estes 1). Geography- South
“Every US presidential election since 1828 [to 2008] has witnessed a Connecticut Effect.” (Estes 257). Compromise/ Election
The early 1790s saw states constructing their voting systems. Some chose electors based on popular vote and others let legislature choose (Estes 259). Electoral Slate
The Electoral College System was designed when there weren’t major political parties, so the development of these caused changes in the system (Estes 259). Partisan
After the development of political parties such as the Federalists and the Jeffersonian Republicans, many states such as Massachusetts and New Hampshire turned away from popular vote to legislative voting (which was primarily Federalists) in order to keep their party in control (Estes 260).…show more content… Compromise/Geography- South
The 12th Amendment is similar to Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 of the Constitution that includes the process for the electoral college system voting. The electors can be chosen by that sates legislature though, which means that the legislature sets requirements and can even tell electors how to vote (McGee 148). Electoral Slate
States used to either use hybrid systems, at-large, or statewide elections to allocate electoral votes where the votes would sometimes be split between the two or winner take all but now most states (bar Maine and Nebraska) have an at-large system where winner takes all (McGee 348).
