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    Matt Ford‏Verified account @fordm 12 Oct 2016

    Here's what the map would look like if only Lutheran prince-electors could votepic.twitter.com/WLWwLDLbOQ

    1:03 PM - 12 Oct 2016
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    • Анастасия Nicola_wil_Wallace m Eric Massa King of Ithaca Brian Leu Arthur Oaden Steve Delfino 🍩 heather ✨🏳️‍🌈
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    1. Andrew Novak‏ @andrewjnovak 12 Oct 2016
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      Here's what it would look like if only Klingons were allowed to vote:pic.twitter.com/85jRoc3wLR

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    2. MA‏ @imperatoreMCM 12 Oct 2016
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      @DavidAmoyal "Cuius regio, eius religio" Or in English, "whose locker room, his banter"

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    3. Peter Nimmo‏ @PeterNimmo1 12 Oct 2016
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      @hankhank30 wonderful. Combines 2 of my obsessions- US politics and maps of pre-1870 Germany!

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    4. JoeCarter‏ @JoeCarter828 12 Oct 2016
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      With the Elector of Saxony holding more power, as he is the one who backed Luther first.

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    5. Simon Zerafa‏ @SimonZerafa 12 Oct 2016
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      Great description of this in one of the Baroque cycle novels 😀

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    6. Nicholas Slayton‏ @NSlayton 12 Oct 2016
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      Okay, this one was good.

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    7. nordasaur‏ @nordasaur 13 Oct 2016
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      Ja, das ist gut.

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    8. Tanner Engh‏ @EnghTanner 12 Oct 2016
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      The majority of electors were Catholic though...

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    9. Ned Ryerson‏ @Crapplefratz 12 Oct 2016
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      Surprised to see the Electorate of Saxony leaning Democrat. Thought they were solid #TrumpTrain.

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    10. Jim Witte‏ @jim_witte_01 16 Oct 2016
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      For anyone who cares about sources (what? Srcs on TWTR? WTF!?), it's the Holy Roman Empire in 1789 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire#French_Revolutionary_Wars_and_final_dissolution …)

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