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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by jki275 on Saturday August 24, 2019 @08:46AM (#20786825)
The 3/5 compromise was to reduce the power of slave owning states as they wanted slaves to count fully for determining the states’ representation in the house so they could maintain more control of the house.

The compromise reduced the control the slave states had.

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