Jack of Harts

The Twenty-Third Amendment followed the tradition of many other amendments by changing the voting electorate. In this case, the argument was that it was unfair to deny citizens of the capital to vote for the Presidency. Most people at the time did not consider this a partisan issue and both major parties supported changing it. The amendment granted the District of Columbia the number of electors it would have if had two Senators and the appropriate number of Representatives if apportioned, as long as that number was not more than the smallest State. They have had three electors in every election since, and all but 1 voted Democrat.