Didn’t work. That’s why the 17th was enacted.
Yoohoo. The orgy of anti-17thers needs some truth laid on it.
“Didn’t work. That’s why the 17th was enacted.”
No, it did work, that is why the Progressives of the era wanted it changed.
Actually, it worked fine.
All Senators are now are what members of the House are: only they face election less frequently, often exhibit greater job security being even more removed from those who vote for them, and are even MORE useless as a direct result.
The problems encountered with the first system are nothing compared to enduring these undisciplined, spendthrift loons we endure today BECAUSE the States are no longer the actual Partys represented as they ought to be.