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I have never understood why "we" (our forbears) thought it was a good idea to change that so that Senators are also elected by popular vote.
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IMHO, it was changed to remove the states' input in the federal system. Repealing the 17th amendment gave more power to the federal government thus bypassing the "several states" and the power they had completely. Also IMHO, that's when we started down the slippery slope we find ourselves on now. A central federal government running a show the people and the states we supposed to run.
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