The US Senate has become our very own House of Lords.
The Founders are spinning.
Unfortunately, only one day a year... Halloween!
The worlds most horseshit deliberative body.
“The US Senate has become our very own House of Lords. The Founders are spinning.”
Bingo.
The way the Founders designed the Republic, the Senators were elected by the state legislatures.
Since 1912, upon ratification of the 17th amendment, senators are elected through state-wide popular vote.
One profound effect of this change is that senate candidates may choose to forego campaigning in less population dense rural districts, and concentrate their efforts on the voter rich urban and suburban districts.
This dynamic naturally favors Democrats and liberal Republicans who campaign on “progressive” platforms built around redistributive and regulatory “reforms” promising social justice, economic equality and affirmative action - issues that appeal to voters in population dense urban centers.
Rural voters, who care about limited government, economic freedom, religious freedom, equal protection, 2nd amendment, right to life, right to work - these voters are largely ignored by senate candidates of either party, because they are spread out thinly over a vast area, and due to their integrity, their votes cannot be bought with false promises and redistributative largesse.
In effect, even senate candidates running as Republicans focus their campaigns on the big voter rich cities within their states, as the Democrats do. The result: a senate which is split between Democrats and RINOs.