While the Three-Fifths Compromise could be seen to favor Southern states because of their large slave populations, for example, the Connecticut Compromise tended to favor the Northern states (which were generally smaller).
舉例來說，雖然五分之三妥協可以被看成是有利於南方州份（因其普遍有較多的奴隸人口），但是康乃狄克妥協傾向對於北方的州份有利（因其普遍規模較小）。