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Old September 14, 2013, 11:50 AM   #83
Aguila Blanca
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Pfleuger
From a state-wide voting perspective, rural and suburban upstate is irrelevant.
And this is why the Founding Fathers originally set up the Constitution so that Representatives to Congress were elected by popular vote, but Senators were elected by their respective state legislatures.

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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