Commentary Look at the county-by-county voting map of the country by party. What you observe is an ocean of red and little blue space here and there in the major cities in major population centers. This pattern has changed very little for decades. Everyone knows this and yet there is very little understanding as to…
Understanding the Constitution: The 17th Amendment and Direct Election of Senators
Commentary The 17th Amendment transferred elections for the U.S. Senate from the state legislatures to the general electorate. It thus changed legislative election to direct election. The amendment resulted from a decades-long public campaign to persuade Congress to formally propose it. Congress did so only after 29 or 30 state legislatures applied for an amendments…
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