So you are incapable of moving? Also, your General Assembly composition would send two Republican Senators regardless. And if you read further (Ignoring expanding voting “rights”), the reason why your are gerrymandered is because idiots who have no business voting put people in position to create a “power class”.
Why should I have to move ?
And I just told you I don’t want the legislature electing MY U.S. Senator. It didn’t work before the 17th, and it ain’t gonna magically work now.
BTW, I agree with gerrymandering to keep the parasites and loons corralled into the fewest number of districts so the non-nutter districts aren’t threatened. It’s why the Demonrats want “Independent” Redistricting Boards, which always manage to overdraw seats for the radical left.
Ah, the ol' "if you don't like your state legislature, MOVE!" answer.
The same can be said to the anti-17thers. Not happy with the way your federal government is chosen? You are free to move to one of the MANY countries with an appointed upper house. The UK has such a system with hundreds of members of the House of Lords (I believe over 800 at last count) selected by career politicians to serve in that body, and the voters and public have ABSOLUTELY NO SAY in the matter. Public opinion polls overwhelmingly show that everyone there loathes the system and wants an elected upper house, but they are prevented from doing so by the Lords who want to keep their cushy appointed jobs. You are free to move there and tell them how much better than have it than us Americans with our sucky elected Senators like Mike Lee. I'm sure you can enlighten them all about how the corrupt career politicians select better Lords behind closed doors than the public ever would by electing them.