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So many questions I see display an incredible lack of understanding of the structure of the United States of America and its constitution. So how can this be explained simply? I’ll try.
Coming out of the Revolution you had 13 Colonies that became 13 Countries. Yes we called them States, because that is a generic term. Countries are States . They initially united under a pact called the Articles of Confederation, which gave them a relationship similar to the EU. The States did not give up their independence, they agreed to a contract of cooperation that put very limited powers into the hands of a central government. When it was apparent that this relationship wasn’t working as well as desir
Because the States agreed to give up some of their powers to a Federal Government, nearly everything about the structure of that Federal Government is designed to protect the interests of the States. The States select the President. Why do you think we have an Electoral College? Each State selects delegates to send to the Electoral College to represent it. The representatives of the States then pick a President. The States have a lot of leeway in how they select their delegates. Most states have settled on