Here’s a quick analysis of the widely watched Nevada Senatorial race, to give you a good idea of just how damaging the 17th Amendment has been to our nation. As we all know by now, Democrat Harry Reid beat Tea Party Republican Sharron Angle by a bit over 4 points. Let’s take a look at the Nevada county map (obtained from Nevada’s Secretary of State Website) to see the results by county:
Whoa…it looks like Harry Reid was elected by the people of just three counties: Clark (Las Vegas), Washoe (Reno), and Mineral counties. That’s funny, seeing as how there are 17 (yes, seventeen) counties in Nevada, and fourteen of them elected Sharron Angle!
I know, I know. Democracy blah blah blah, those three counties are the most populous, blah blah blah…
Um…that’s what the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is for!
The two Senators from each State, as you may recall, are supposed to represent each region of a State equally, which is why they were appointed by State legislatures, that is, until the 17th Amendment made State governments practically irrelevant in Washington politics. It also made all those people living in those other 14 counties irrelevant. So all Harry Reid needed to do was campaign to the unions in Las Vegas and Reno, and completely ignore the rest of Nevada.
Want more? Go out to the news websites and take a look at the county results maps for California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and a few other States. Even where Republicans won, the races were really close, because of those really populated cities.
Nice, huh? A picture is worth a thousand words…
