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First of all, Jesse Helms was from NC, not SC.

Second, do you really believe that voters in NC magically would have voted for Republicans for the state legislature throughout the 20th century just because the legislators elect U.S. Senators? That 17th-Amendment repeal sure is magical! Would it have helped Aramis Ramirez catch that foul popup in the 2003 NLCS? Because that would have been awesome—imagine, the Cubs in the World Series! You’ve convinced me, I won’t engage in rank speculation such as thinking that the myriad causes that resulted in North Carolinians voting Democrat for the state legislature over a 130-year period would not have evaporated instantly with the repeal of the 17th Amendment; I instead will limit my assumptions to things that logically follow, such as the elimination of all social ills and a new birth of freedom in the nation the second that those noble patriots in the state legislatures once again are entrusted with the election of U.S. Senators.

Just to be clear, because I'm having trouble actually believing this, you are honestly suggesting that had that had 17th amendment never been ratified the NC legislature would have appointed the exact same people, along with every other state legislature in America, every law that was passed would have been passed, every law that wasn't passed wouldn't have been passed, not one thing could have possibly changed, leading us up to the exact same moment in 1975 where Jesse Helms was ready to become a Senator but couldn't due to the evil of the constitution as written.

Remarkable.

I'm pretty sure believing in a personally made up alternate reality makes one, technically at least, delusional. Just sayin.