Tuesday, July 29, 2025

6490 - One person one vote


I watched an Independent Lens the other night. One Person One Vote, about the electoral college. There were some interesting facts in it that I didn't realize. It's a little over an hour but well worth the time. Of course you have to have a PBS membership to watch it online. And since it was on my 9.3 channel at 3:00 in the morning, I assume it's already been broadcast on the main PBS channel. Here's the URL... 


One of the interesting facts they talked about was the 3/5 of a person for a slave. I turns out it was the Northern states that negotiated that. The Southern states wanted slaves to be counted as a whole person even though they couldn't vote. This would have increased the Souths number of electoral votes because of a population increase. The program said Thomas Jefferson won the presidency because of the extra 3/5 population count. If slaves had not been counted at all he would have lost.

One of these days I'll figure out how to get by the PBS video block so I could post one.


16 comments:

Bilbo said...

I'm at my limit on subscriptions and memberships. I need to decide which ones I can drop before I add another one. Sigh.

Katerinas Blog said...

Some of these discussions are extremely interesting...

Mike said...

You're not a PBS member?!

Mike said...

This one definitely is.

Kirk said...

Given what's going on in Washington, better enjoy PBS while you can.

Kathy G said...

If you are a member you can download the Passport app, which lets you stream at your convenience.

River said...

I didn't follow that link ecause I know I won't understand it, but I do think the Electoral College is no longer relevant and should be disbanded.

ArcticFox said...

i don't pretend to understand voting and the way the numbers work.... it's hard enough in England...... maybe you just convince everyone to get a vpn and they can watch your videos?

Lady M said...

I have PBS streaming service. I wonder if I can get it through that.

Mike said...

That's what the link is.

Mike said...

Send them money.

Mike said...

Totally agree.

Mike said...

You would still have to be a PBS member at a certain member level or above.

Mike said...

Do you have Passport? If you gave them enough money you should have it.

River said...

PBS? Public Bull Sh*t?

Mike said...

That's what they report on. Also called tRUMP.