Quote:I would bet that if the 17th Amendment were repealed, you wouldn't see state legislators running unopposed.  In fact, I would bet that more people would actually pay more attention to who they are voting for in state elections.

 

As far as the gerrymandering, again that is a State Legislature function.  I don't think that either side likes it.  As an example, I happen to live in Corrine Brown's district.  Her particular district is designed in such a way that she is pretty much guaranteed to win each election cycle.  My idea regarding districts is to divide them up based on counties and population.

 

I don't think they would because how we get our information has changed.  It's no longer localized, it's nationalized.  I'm pretty involved with politics, and I can't even name our local representatives.  Partly because one of them (who I just looked up, after guessing wrong by names I was familiar with) ran unopposed.  

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