task0778
Diamond Member
the intent was that States not citizens elected the Senators as a means to have the Upper house represent the states not the population.
Makes sense to me. There was supposed to be a balance of power between the states and the federal gov't, with the House a true popular vote in the individual districts and the state legislatures determining who their senators would be. One wonders why we ever got away from that important concept, so that small states and rural areas would not be under-represented.