Education has to be a big part of the 17A repeal. When more folks understand Constitutional mechanics, they will realize that the extra gear in between the people and the federales, in the case of the Senate, is proper and necessary. It must be understood by the people, they are not giving up their vote for Senator... merely, allowing their vote to go thru a "prism" to collect a state perspective.
Riiiight.
If you're a Republican living in a primarily Democratic state, would you want to give up your vote to a Democratic legislature?
This is a battle you simply will not win.