Although the 17th is a close second.
You don't like people voting for their own senator?
There exists the House of Representatives to represent the interests of the people. While the erosion of federalism in the United States began long before 1913, the elimination of the states' representation in the federal government certainly contributed to the trend.
I can understand the argument. One chamber represents the people while the other represents the states. I don't think that just because the senators are now elected by the general population instead of state legislatures there is less representation of states interest. People of a state are still going to elect someone that represents the state, are they not? And how did the way senators did their job change after 1913?
I agree here, because I interpret the Senate as a way for each state regardless of population to be represented equally in one of the houses. That said, I think the two should therefore be elected in a similar fashion.
Americans can be dumbs, but isn't enough power tied up in the hands of the elite as it is?
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