Well, first of all, because the populous had never known of anything other than a monarchy. The idea of actually v****g for your representatives was unknown to them. The President and Congress were analogous to the King and Parliment of England, but the King and House of Lords were hereditary, and while the House of Commons was elected, suffrage was granted only to the aristocracy.

So, the idea of letting everyone (while male, non-s***es) v**e for their government was a radical and untried idea. Further, on a more practical level, with no mass communication, the common people would not be expected to know a national or even statewide candidate. However, it was considered reasonable that they would be able to know (and adequately evaluate) a local candidate, hence direct e******n for members of the House of Representative. Further, they would be able to choose their local representative to their state legislatures, who could then choose their senators.


But by 1913, when the 17th amendment was passed, we now had a mass communication system. The railroads reduced travel that would have taken weeks by wagon to days or even hours. The telegraph allows instant t***smittal of information across the country. Cars were entering the picture as was AM radio broadcasts. The common person could now be expected to know about conditions beyond their hometown in a timely fashion.

Not addressing the religious angle here, but the REASON we have so little education on the purpose, the pr********n, and the prowess of divided powers, and a divided E*******l College, in our Constitution is precisely because the party now clamoring to remove these separations has been directing (non)-education for the last 45-ish years. Instead of examining prior governments and civilizations and then looking to see what was good and what was bad, we now look to indoctrinate 6-year-olds about how declaring oneself a female while possessing male g*****lia, or vice verse, means that biology and nature are flawed and does NOT mean that said individual is suffering a delusion or other mental disorder.

Tail wags the dog daily, and even calling those 'tail' or 'dog' is r****t, sexist, species-ist, and xenophobic.....

You actually believe that??


If a candidate were to get 100% of the three most populous states, that would be 88 million people out of a country of 330 million or about 25%.

However, the #1 state is California, and the #2 state is Texas --- so I really don't think they are going to v**e for the same guy. #3 is Florida, so that's a wild card.

But, the bottom line is unless you get 100% of the v**es of a state, your theory is crazy


However, do you know what system DOES give you 100% of the v**es --- and therefore lets a handful of small states speak for the whole country??? The e*******l college.

So, thanks for proving my point.

Not addressing the religious angle here, but the REASON we have so little education on the purpose, the pr********n, and the prowess of divided powers, and a divided E*******l College, in our Constitution is precisely because the party now clamoring to remove these separations has been directing (non)-education for the last 45-ish years. Instead of examining prior governments and civilizations and then looking to see what was good and what was bad, we now look to indoctrinate 6-year-olds about how declaring oneself a female while possessing male g*****lia, or vice verse, means that biology and nature are flawed and does NOT mean that said individual is suffering a delusion or other mental disorder.

Tail wags the dog daily, and even calling those 'tail' or 'dog' is r****t, sexist, species-ist, and xenophobic.....