Why might the electoral college issue threaten to become a partisan
one?

Because the electoral college has certain dynamics that tend to favor one party over the other.

For example, the electoral college slightly favors rural states, and since rural states tend to vote Republican, the Republican party is usually more vocal in their defense of the electoral college than the democratic party.

The Democratic Party is largely the opposite. Favored in major cities and the most populous states, they are more likely to be against the electoral college because of this.

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b gas tractor

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c and negotiated lower prices for farm equipment and supplies

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d the grange

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c over 15,000 bankrupt businesses

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c people became more self-sufficient