[LostInBayport]

So the ranking of importance in elections is:

1. political parties

2. voters

Nice. The founders of this nation must be whirling like lopsided tops in their graves.

[vette6387]

“So the ranking of importance in elections is:

1. political parties

2. voters

Nice. The founders of this nation must be whirling like lopsided tops in their graves.”

No, Its:

1. Big money Globalists 2. Political Hacks & Lobbyists 3. Rank and File Party Apparatchiks 4. Voters

[mrsmith]

The Founders’ original Constitution allowed the states to do what they wanted about picking Senators.
The 17th and the post-civil war amendments make this unlikely to hold in court though IMHO.

[Wolfie]

Voters at #2? Voters aren’t even in the top 10.