Commentary On Elections-Part Fourteen

The current selection of the President and Vice-President Of The United States is obviously not in compliance with the US Constitution or the basic ideals of representative governance. The current selection of federal senators is also not in proper compliance with the above-mentioned. However this deviation is not so apparent.

The 17th Amendment of the American Constitution cites how U.S. Senators have to be chosen. The first sentence of this reads "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote."

All people need to take a good hard look at that first sentence. It clearly does not cite that each senator has to be chosen by all the eligible voters in the entire state. It also does not cite that a senator has to represent the entire state. After all, while the just mentioned are current practices, these are practices that do not make sense. If there are two senators who are each chosen by the entire state's vote base to represent that entire state, then why is not just one senator sent? There is no difference in governance effectiveness whether a state has either one or two U.S. Senators when the preceding is the case.

The same people in every state who currently vote for one senator vote for the other senator. So how does that increase diversity in the U.S. Senate and promote checks and balances? The answer to that question is it does not. A loose indication of this is 43 states have both senators who belong to the same party and only four states have that Republican/Democrat divide.

The U.S. Constitution's 17th Amendment cites that each state shall have two members in the Senate of the United States. Would it not be far more effective and representative that each senator represent a different and separate area (region)? In other words, one senator could represent the eastern or northern part of the state and the other could represent the western or southern part of the state. Each senator in that specific state would have a different electorate. Each half of the state's electorate would have the ability to choose a member of the U.S. Senate closer to its views and needs.

The foregoing is still in compliance with the U.S. Constitution as each state still sends two members, via electorate ballot casting by electoral vote counting, to the federal senate body. It is just one of its senators represents one half of the state and the other senator represents the other half.

Cliff Notes Version: It does not make sense for two senators to represent the exact same people. A congressional district does not send two people to represent it in U.S. Congress. for the same reason.

Each state is supposed two people to serve as members of the U. S Senate. It can send one Senator to represent one half of the state and the other Senator to represent the other half. Each senator would have a different electorate to serve.