RE: Antiquated Electoral College

[Andrea Leistra]

On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Gautam Mukunda wrote:

[The Founders]

> They certainly didn't think of themselves that way.  They thought of
> themselves as Americans first, and citizens of their respective states
> second.  

That's interesting.

I had always heard, and conventional wisdom certainly has it, that
it was the other way round, that they (and most Americans) thought 
of themselves as citizens of their states first, and as Americans 
second.  Are you saying that wasn't in fact the case?

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