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Delegates from slave states wanted their slaves to count as population because?
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at that time the south wanted more votes to win against the north. so they wanted their slaves to count as population( population determined the number of votes) . in the ended up with the three/fifths compromise were 3 out of every 5 slaves counted towards a vote.

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Because slaves gave them additional votes.
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