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Analyze the 3/5ths clause (Article I, Section 2, Paragraph 3) and explain how this provision affected the electoral college and the composition of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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the 3/5th clause counted 1 slave as 3/5th a person which in turn would give the southern states more Representatives (aka electoral votes).

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