SavannahMann
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The system designed by the Founders was and remains brilliant. Our system represents the people, the states, and the nation at various levels.
There are times when we are districts, times when we are states, and times when we are one nation. But let me explain.
The House of Representatives was always intended to be where populist pressure was brought. These populist pressures can change quickly, and so everyone is put up for re-election every two years. They represent the people. The people within their districts. The idea behind this was that a segment of the population would be represented by these short term politicians who would then go home and report and let the people approve, re-elect them, or disapprove, and elect another.
But populist pressure is a fleeting thing, and sometimes does not take into account the best interests of the States. Thus the Senate was born. Originally the Senate was sort of like the Ambassadors from the States. These Senators would be appointed by the State Government, and serve for a few years, representing the best interests of the States to the Federal Government. This system was not quite perfect. A Governor serving four years might not be able to appoint but one single senator, and perhaps none. So the new Governors would expect the Senators to resign, and worse, getting state Legislatures to approve of the new Senators turned out to be ten times as difficult as the Founders had imagined.
Times changed, and we changed the Constitution, to tweak the original design, as intended, with a Constitutional Amendment. The founders knew that things might need to be have small tweaks, or major changes, and put forth a mechanism to do it. Setting the mechanism to a difficult to reach standard, in order to give everyone time to think about it, and insuring that the vast majority of the Country agreed.
Senators would be elected, and still serve a six year term. Yet, they would be elected by the States, the entire population of a state, to insure that the Senators continued to represent the views of the State as a whole.
Each State would have two senators, allowing people to reconsider the direction of the Federal Government at the upper house level, less often, but with far greater implications.
Finally, we are one country. The founders intended the President to speak for the Country. It is why they gave him the power over the executive Branch. The Country as a whole would elect the president. One voice, for one country.
Do you see the brilliance? Your local issues can be put forth in Washington by your Local Representative to the House of Representatives. Your State issues can be heard in Washington by your Senator. Your national issues are addressed by the President. Each one a step up, each one a level of authority greater than the one before.
Think about it. Each State only gets two Senators. All States are equal, all States are represented equally. Each district has a number of people in it, and no state may have less than one. So you could live in Wyoming where the really difficult fight is for the House of Representatives. There can be only one.
We are the United States. The President is the Chief Executive of the United States. All States. All of them, together, united. The Senator represents the entire State. The Senator from California has exactly the same voting power as the Senator from Maine, or Florida. All States are equal. All States are equally represented. None are forgotten, none are ignored, and none can be dominated by another. The Representatives are of the people, the districts. After the ONE minimum is accounted for, the rest of the people are represented by the population numbers The People are represented, as equally as possible without ignoring any. Genius.
American democracy’s Senate problem, explained
No, the Senate is not unfair. The Senate is not intended to represent the people, but the State, as a whole. No the House is not unfair, it is intended to represent the people of the districts, and there must be at least one. No, the electoral College is not unfair. It takes into account all of this. Insuring that the States are represented at the minimum, while allowing the population to be represented by a much larger value.
It insures that being a locally supported Politician does not allow you to overwhelm the entire nation. You must win more than a handful of states to win the Election. Some states matter more than others, but every single one of them matter.
Absolute Genius.
No, there is no Democracy problem in the Senate. It is exactly as intended, all of the States represented equally. We are not the Americas. We don’t elect the President of the American People. We are many things. We are one nation, fifty states, and 435 districts, all at the same time. Just as we are in reality, we are in Washington. One Nation, Fifty States, and 435 Districts.
There are times when we are districts, times when we are states, and times when we are one nation. But let me explain.
The House of Representatives was always intended to be where populist pressure was brought. These populist pressures can change quickly, and so everyone is put up for re-election every two years. They represent the people. The people within their districts. The idea behind this was that a segment of the population would be represented by these short term politicians who would then go home and report and let the people approve, re-elect them, or disapprove, and elect another.
But populist pressure is a fleeting thing, and sometimes does not take into account the best interests of the States. Thus the Senate was born. Originally the Senate was sort of like the Ambassadors from the States. These Senators would be appointed by the State Government, and serve for a few years, representing the best interests of the States to the Federal Government. This system was not quite perfect. A Governor serving four years might not be able to appoint but one single senator, and perhaps none. So the new Governors would expect the Senators to resign, and worse, getting state Legislatures to approve of the new Senators turned out to be ten times as difficult as the Founders had imagined.
Times changed, and we changed the Constitution, to tweak the original design, as intended, with a Constitutional Amendment. The founders knew that things might need to be have small tweaks, or major changes, and put forth a mechanism to do it. Setting the mechanism to a difficult to reach standard, in order to give everyone time to think about it, and insuring that the vast majority of the Country agreed.
Senators would be elected, and still serve a six year term. Yet, they would be elected by the States, the entire population of a state, to insure that the Senators continued to represent the views of the State as a whole.
Each State would have two senators, allowing people to reconsider the direction of the Federal Government at the upper house level, less often, but with far greater implications.
Finally, we are one country. The founders intended the President to speak for the Country. It is why they gave him the power over the executive Branch. The Country as a whole would elect the president. One voice, for one country.
Do you see the brilliance? Your local issues can be put forth in Washington by your Local Representative to the House of Representatives. Your State issues can be heard in Washington by your Senator. Your national issues are addressed by the President. Each one a step up, each one a level of authority greater than the one before.
Think about it. Each State only gets two Senators. All States are equal, all States are represented equally. Each district has a number of people in it, and no state may have less than one. So you could live in Wyoming where the really difficult fight is for the House of Representatives. There can be only one.
We are the United States. The President is the Chief Executive of the United States. All States. All of them, together, united. The Senator represents the entire State. The Senator from California has exactly the same voting power as the Senator from Maine, or Florida. All States are equal. All States are equally represented. None are forgotten, none are ignored, and none can be dominated by another. The Representatives are of the people, the districts. After the ONE minimum is accounted for, the rest of the people are represented by the population numbers The People are represented, as equally as possible without ignoring any. Genius.
American democracy’s Senate problem, explained
No, the Senate is not unfair. The Senate is not intended to represent the people, but the State, as a whole. No the House is not unfair, it is intended to represent the people of the districts, and there must be at least one. No, the electoral College is not unfair. It takes into account all of this. Insuring that the States are represented at the minimum, while allowing the population to be represented by a much larger value.
It insures that being a locally supported Politician does not allow you to overwhelm the entire nation. You must win more than a handful of states to win the Election. Some states matter more than others, but every single one of them matter.
Absolute Genius.
No, there is no Democracy problem in the Senate. It is exactly as intended, all of the States represented equally. We are not the Americas. We don’t elect the President of the American People. We are many things. We are one nation, fifty states, and 435 districts, all at the same time. Just as we are in reality, we are in Washington. One Nation, Fifty States, and 435 Districts.