Want to make it that, have every Republican Senator start pushing for repeal of the 17th Amendment. To use the Left’s idiom.....if they’re all so good and do so much for their respective states and constituents, then they shouldn’t fear having the state legislatures sending someone else Senate.
30 States are Republican...top to bottom, if I’m not mistaken. that’s 60 right there. I think there are only 10 or 11 that are Dem’s top to bottom. That leaves 18 or 20, toss ups. Thinking that those states will go 50/50, or thereabouts, and BAMMM....65-70 Republican’s in the Senate.
Won’t happen though. Folks like Cornyn, Thune, and a few others in the McConnell Squad would probably have to worry a bit about their standing with the folks back at home.
People who push for the repeal of the 17th Amendment act as if it would be a magical elixer to restore Constitutional checks and balances.
I do not believe it would be.
State legislatures may well be easier to bribe/corrupt than state voting populations.
Senators still represent the entire state, instead of a voting district.
A Senator from Rhode Island still has as much power as a Senator from California.
A major reason for the 17th Amendment was the high level of corruption among Senators.
It is something to consider.
The big problem with the state voter selecting Senators is the enormous influence of the Progressive Media and the Tech Oligarchs.